Print Email Facebook Twitter 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 agencyPublic-private partnershipsRethinking project governance To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d55f3a68-d176-47b4-a003-6e6f226b115f DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102468 ISSN 0263-7863 Source International Journal of Project Management, 41 (4) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 C.A. Benitez Avila, Andreas Hartmann Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0263786323000327_main.pdf 1.83 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d55f3a68-d176-47b4-a003-6e6f226b115f/datastream/OBJ/view