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The impact of organizational project benefits management governance on ERP project success: Neo-institutional theory perspective

Badewi, Amgad, Shehab, Essam (2016) The impact of organizational project benefits management governance on ERP project success: Neo-institutional theory perspective. International Journal of Project Management, 34 (3). pp. 412-428. ISSN 0263-7863. (doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.12.002) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:57618)

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Abstract

The success of ERP has been discussed extensively throughout the last decade. However, this research offers a new lens for understanding this success through combining project management theory with institutional theory. Based on neo-institutional theory, it is proposed that the more the Project Management (PM) and Benefits Management (BM) are used as practice and governance frameworks in an organization, the more it is able to use them in ERP projects since they become part of its institutional logic in managing its projects. Therefore, ERP investment success is hypothesized to be associated with the organization's project and benefits management institutional logics. After analyzing 130 questionnaires using Structural Equation Modeling, it is found that these hypotheses are supported. Furthermore, the organizations that have both logics outperform others which have not. This research implies that project management is not responsible for the project investment success. This is the responsibility of business change management.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.12.002
Uncontrolled keywords: Project benefits governance framework; Benefits management; Project management; Project success; Structure Equation Modelling; Project governance; Change management
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Leadership and Management
Depositing User: Amgad Badewi
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2017 12:11 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 12:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/57618 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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