Managerial agency (re)producing project governance structure and context: Public-private partnerships in the Netherlands

Benitez Avila, C.A.; Hartmann, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102468

Managerial agency (re)producing project governance structure and context

Title

Managerial agency (re)producing project governance structure and context: Public-private partnerships in the Netherlands

Author

Benitez Avila, C.A. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)
Hartmann, Andreas (University of Twente)

Date

2023

Abstract

Project managers activate their agentic powers in the (re)production of project governance structure and the institutional context of projects. By examining three ongoing Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects within the Dutch policy path, we provide evidence that managers aim to improve their working conditions when enacting three project governing practices: upscaling issues, adapting, and reproducing. Additionally, we show that public project managers mobilized as a group of interest within the public parent organization are able to influence the policy context and improve their control position for future PPP agreements. We identify "emerging associativity" and "ideological legitimization" as core processes of managerial agency, deployed in project practice and influencing institutional contexts.

Subject

Managerial agency
Public-private partnerships
Rethinking project governance

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102468

ISSN

0263-7863

Source

International Journal of Project Management, 41 (4)

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