PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific Publications
Books, monographs and book chapters
Drouin, N. & Turner, JR. (To be published 2022). The Elgar Advanced Introduction to Megaprojects. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Drouin, N., Sankaran, S., Van Marrewijk, A., & Müller, R. (Eds.). (2020). Megaproject Leaders: Reflections on Personal Life Stories. Edward Elgar Publishing
Müller, R., Drouin, N., & Sankaran, S. Balanced Leadership: Making the Best Use of Personel & Team Leadership in Projects. Oxford University Press (to be published 2021).
Brunet, M., Marchand, J-S., Breton, M. (2019) Performance and Measurement: An Interdisciplinary Study of Public Sector Projects, The Practitioner’s Handbook of Project Performance: Agile, Waterfall and Beyond, Routledge, p. 255-267.
Müller, R., Drouin, N., Sankaran, S. (2019). Governance of organizational project management and megaprojects using the Viable Systems Model, dans Metcalf, G.S., Deguchi, H. & Kijima, K. (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Systems Sciences, première édition, Translational Systems Science Series, Springer Nature, Tokyo (under publication).
Müller, R., Drouin, N., & Sankaran, S. (2019). Organizational Project Management: Theory and Implementation. Introductions to Management and Organization Theory Series. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Brunet, M. (2018) La gouvernance des projets publics, Gouvernance et performance: une perspective internationale, Éditions JFD, p. 31-52.
Sankaran, S., Müller, R., & Drouin, N. (Eds.). (2017). Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management. Cambridge University Press.
Publications in Refereed Journals
Ben Abdallah, S., Croutzet, A., and Ortmann, J. (2020). Major projects optimal capacity and timing with time-to-build and investment cost dependency on capacity. International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 13(4).
Bentahar, O.& Ika, L. A. (2020). Matching the project manager’s roles to project types: Evidence from large dam projects in Africa. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 67(3), 830-845.
Brunet M. (In Press), (2021). Making sense of a governance framework for megaprojects: The challenge of finding equilibrium. International Journal of Project Management.
Brunet, M., Baba, S., Aubry, M., El Boukri, S., Primeau, M. D. & Dollard, D. (2020). Revealing the hidden facets of normative assessments: improving the management of major infrastructure projects through engaged scholarship. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 14(1), 59-86.
Caron, M.-A., Radu, C. and Drouin, N. (2020), Integration of non-financial benefits: a systematic review for engaged scholars, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.
Ika, L.A., Saint-Macary, J. & Bandé, A. (2020). Quatre questions pour rallier les parties prenantes à la gestion d’un projet. Organisations & Territoires, 29(3), 133-143.
Love, P. E. D., Ika, L., Matthews, J. & Fang, W. (In Press). Shared leadership, value and risks in large scale transport projects: Re-calibrating procurement policy for post Covid-19. Research in Transportation Economics.
Radu, C., Caron, M. A. et Arroyo, P. (2020). Integration of carbon and environmental strategies within disclosures. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244, 1-19.
Sankaran S., Müller, & Drouin, N. (2020). Creating a ‘sustainability sublime’ to enable megaprojects to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37(5), 813-826.
Sankaran S., Müller, R. & Drouin, N. (2020). An action research evaluation of a collaborative research project on balanced leadership in projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 14(1), 205-230.
Signor, R., Love, P. E. D. & Ika, L. A. (In Press). White collar crime: Unearthing collusion in the procurement of infrastructure projects. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Brunet, M., Forgues, D. (2019). Investigating collective sensemaking of a major project success, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 12, no 3, p. 644-665.
Brunet, M., (2019). Governance-as-practice for major public infrastructure projects: A case of multilevel project governing, International Journal of Project Management, vol. 37, no 2, p. 283-297.
Brunet, M., Motamedi, A., Guénette, L.-M., Forgues, D., (2019). Analysis of BIM use for asset management in three public organizations in Québec, Canada, Built Environment Project and Asset Management, vol. 9, no 1, p. 153-167.
Marchand, J.-S., Brunet, M. (2019). The emergence of post-NPM initiatives: Integrated Impact Assessment as a hybrid decision-making tool, International Review of Administrative Sciences : An International Journal of Comparative Public Administration, vol. 85, no 2, 2019, p. 319-336.
Marchand, J.-S., Brunet, M. (2019). L’émergence des initiatives post-NMP : l’évaluation d’impact intégrée comme un outil hybride d’aide à la prise de décision, Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives, vol. 85, no 2, 2019, p. 331-347.
Müller, R., Drouin, N. & Sankaran, S. (2019). Modelling Organizational Project Management. Project Management Journal, Vol. 50, Issue 4.
Al Nahyan, M. T., Hawas, Y. E., Raza, M., Aljassmi, H., Maraqa, M. A., Basheerudeen, B., Mohammad, M. (2018) A fuzzy-based decision support system for ranking the delivery methods of mega projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Brunet, M. Aubry, M. (2018) The governance of major public infrastructure projects: the process of translation. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Drouin, N., ed. (2018) International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Special Issue : Managing major and mega projects : opening up for new research eras, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Drouin, N., Müller, R., Sankaran, S., & Vaagaasar, A. L. (2018). Balancing vertical and horizontal leadership in projects: Empirical studies from Australia, Canada, Norway and Sweden. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 11(4), 986-1006.
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N., Vaagaasar, A. L., Bekker, M. C., & Jain, K. (2018). A theory framework for balancing vertical and horizontal leadership in projects. International Journal of Project Management, 36(1), 83-94.
Pitsis, A., Clegg, S., Freeder, D., Sankaran, S., Brudon, S. (2018) Megaprojects redefined – complexity vs cost and social imperatives. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Sankaran, S. (2018) Megaproject Management and leadership: a narrative analysis of life stories – past and present. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Aubry, M., Klein, G., ed. (2017/2018) Project Management Journal, Special Issue, Vol. 48, No. 6.
Söderlund, J., Sankaran, S., Biesenthal, C. (2017/2018). The Past and Present of Megaprojects. Project Management Journal, Vol. 48, No.6, 5-16.
Steen, J., Ford, J. A., Verreynne, M. (2017/2018). Symbols, Sublimes, Solutions, and Problems : A Garbage Can Model of Megaprojects. Project Management Journal, Vol. 48, No.6, 117-131.
Publications in conference proceedings
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N. (2019) A Model of Organizational Project Management and its Validation Project and Program Symposium Vol.2 Édition 1. October 17th
Caron, M-C., & Drouin, N., (2019) A Systematic Review of the Integration of Non-financial Benefits in Major Projects : Co-construction of Knowledge to Monitor Complexity. 19thEURAM Conference , Lisbon, Portugal June 26-28th.
Sankaran, S., Müller, R,. & Drouin, N. (2019) Developing actionable knowledge and leadership theory in project management through a collaborative research project. 19th EURAM Conference , Lisbon, Portugal June 26-28th.
Müller, R., Drouin, N. & Sankaran, S., (2018). A Model for Organizational Project Management. IRNOP 2018, Melbourne, Australia, December 10-12.
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N. (2018) Horizontal Leadership Influence on Project Success and the Role of the Cognitive space. 18th EURAM, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 20-23rd.
Agarwal, U.A., Dixit, V., Jain, K., Sankaran, S., Müller, R., Drouin, N. (2017). Exploring Vertical and Horizontal Leadership in Projects – A Comparison of Indian and Australian. Project Management Research & Academic Conference. Mars 2-4th, ITT Delhi, India.
Drouin, N., Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Vaagaasar, A.L., Nikolova, N., Jain, K. (2017). Balanced Leadership in Projects: the concept of socio-cognitive-space to support the building of organizationnal capabilities. The “Project Hat”. IRNOP Conference, Boston, MA June 12-14th 2017.
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N., Vaagaasar, A.L., Bekker, G., Jain, K. (2017). A Theory Framework for Balancing Vertical and Horizontal Leadership in Projects. IRNOP Conference, Boston, MA June 11-14th.
Students’ Projects
Alix-Séguin, C. (2020). Projets d’infrastructure portuaire et communautés locales : regard sur la gestion des parties prenantes dans une perspective d’acceptabilité sociale. (Master’s Thesis). Université du Québec à Montréal.
Perras, Patrick (2020). Le conseil d’administration et la gestion organisationnelle de projets. Thesis. Montréal (Québec, Canada), Université du Québec à Montréal, PhD in administration.
Books, monographs and book chapters
Drouin, N. & Turner, JR. (2022). The Elgar Advanced Introduction to Megaprojects. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Drouin, N., Sankaran, S., Van Marrewijk, A., & Müller, R. (Eds.). (2020). Megaproject Leaders: Reflections on Personal Life Stories. Edward Elgar Publishing
Müller, R., Drouin, N., & Sankaran, S. (2020). Balanced Leadership: Making the Best Use of Personel & Team Leadership in Projects. Oxford University Press ( to be published 2020).
Brunet, M., Marchand, J-S., Breton, M. (2019) Performance and Measurement: An Interdisciplinary Study of Public Sector Projects, The Practitioner’s Handbook of Project Performance: Agile, Waterfall and Beyond, Routledge, p. 255-267.
Müller, R., Drouin, N., Sankaran, S. (2019). Governance of organizational project management and megaprojects using the Viable Systems Model, dans Metcalf, G.S., Deguchi, H. & Kijima, K. (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Systems Sciences, première édition, Translational Systems Science Series, Springer Nature, Tokyo (under publication).
Müller, R., Drouin, N., & Sankaran, S. (2019). Organizational Project Management: Theory and Implementation. Introductions to Management and Organization Theory Series. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Brunet, M. (2018) La gouvernance des projets publics, Gouvernance et performance: une perspective internationale, Éditions JFD, p. 31-52.
Sankaran, S., Müller, R., & Drouin, N. (Eds.). (2017). Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management. Cambridge University Press.
Publications in Refereed Journals
Ben Abdallah, S., Croutzet, A., and Ortmann, J. (2020). Major projects optimal capacity and timing with time-to-build and investment cost dependency on capacity. International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 13(4).
Bentahar, O.& Ika, L. A. (2020). Matching the project manager’s roles to project types: Evidence from large dam projects in Africa. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 67(3), 830-845.
Brunet M. (In Press), (2021). Making sense of a governance framework for megaprojects: The challenge of finding equilibrium. International Journal of Project Management.
Brunet, M., Baba, S., Aubry, M., El Boukri, S., Primeau, M. D. & Dollard, D. (2020). Revealing the hidden facets of normative assessments: improving the management of major infrastructure projects through engaged scholarship. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 14(1), 59-86.
Caron, M.-A., Radu, C. and Drouin, N. (2020), Integration of non-financial benefits: a systematic review for engaged scholars, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.
Ika, L.A., Saint-Macary, J. & Bandé, A. (2020). Quatre questions pour rallier les parties prenantes à la gestion d’un projet. Organisations & Territoires, 29(3), 133-143.
Love, P. E. D., Ika, L., Matthews, J. & Fang, W. (In Press). Shared leadership, value and risks in large scale transport projects: Re-calibrating procurement policy for post Covid-19. Research in Transportation Economics.
Sankaran S., Müller, & Drouin, N. (2020). Creating a ‘sustainability sublime’ to enable megaprojects to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37(5), 813-826.
Sankaran S., Müller, R. & Drouin, N. (2020). An action research evaluation of a collaborative research project on balanced leadership in projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 14(1), 205-230.
Signor, R., Love, P. E. D. & Ika, L. A. (In Press). White collar crime: Unearthing collusion in the procurement of infrastructure projects. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Brunet, M., Forgues, D. (2019). Investigating collective sensemaking of a major project success, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 12, no 3, p. 644-665.
Brunet, M., (2019). Governance-as-practice for major public infrastructure projects: A case of multilevel project governing, International Journal of Project Management, vol. 37, no 2, p. 283-297.
Brunet, M., Motamedi, A., Guénette, L.-M., Forgues, D., (2019). Analysis of BIM use for asset management in three public organizations in Québec, Canada, Built Environment Project and Asset Management, vol. 9, no 1, p. 153-167.
Marchand, J.-S., Brunet, M. (2019). The emergence of post-NPM initiatives: Integrated Impact Assessment as a hybrid decision-making tool, International Review of Administrative Sciences : An International Journal of Comparative Public Administration, vol. 85, no 2, 2019, p. 319-336.
Marchand, J.-S., Brunet, M. (2019). L’émergence des initiatives post-NMP : l’évaluation d’impact intégrée comme un outil hybride d’aide à la prise de décision, Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives, vol. 85, no 2, 2019, p. 331-347.
Müller, R., Drouin, N. & Sankaran, S. (2019). Modelling Organizational Project Management. Project Management Journal, Vol. 50, Issue 4.
Al Nahyan, M. T., Hawas, Y. E., Raza, M., Aljassmi, H., Maraqa, M. A., Basheerudeen, B., Mohammad, M. (2018) A fuzzy-based decision support system for ranking the delivery methods of mega projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Brunet, M. Aubry, M. (2018) The governance of major public infrastructure projects: the process of translation. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Drouin, N., ed. (2018) International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Special Issue : Managing major and mega projects : opening up for new research eras, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Drouin, N., Müller, R., Sankaran, S., & Vaagaasar, A. L. (2018). Balancing vertical and horizontal leadership in projects: Empirical studies from Australia, Canada, Norway and Sweden. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 11(4), 986-1006.
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N., Vaagaasar, A. L., Bekker, M. C., & Jain, K. (2018). A theory framework for balancing vertical and horizontal leadership in projects. International Journal of Project Management, 36(1), 83-94.
Pitsis, A., Clegg, S., Freeder, D., Sankaran, S., Brudon, S. (2018) Megaprojects redefined – complexity vs cost and social imperatives. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Sankaran, S. (2018) Megaproject Management and leadership: a narrative analysis of life stories – past and present. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Aubry, M., Klein, G., ed. (2017/2018) Project Management Journal, Special Issue, Vol. 48, No. 6.
Söderlund, J., Sankaran, S., Biesenthal, C. (2017/2018). The Past and Present of Megaprojects. Project Management Journal, Vol. 48, No.6, 5-16.
Steen, J., Ford, J. A., Verreynne, M. (2017/2018). Symbols, Sublimes, Solutions, and Problems : A Garbage Can Model of Megaprojects. Project Management Journal, Vol. 48, No.6, 117-131.
Publications in conference proceedings
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N. (2019) A Model of Organizational Project Management and its Validation Project and Program Symposium Vol.2 Édition 1. October 17th
Caron, M-C., & Drouin, N., (2019) A Systematic Review of the Integration of Non-financial Benefits in Major Projects : Co-construction of Knowledge to Monitor Complexity. 19thEURAM Conference , Lisbon, Portugal June 26-28th.
Sankaran, S., Müller, R,. & Drouin, N. (2019) Developing actionable knowledge and leadership theory in project management through a collaborative research project. 19th EURAM Conference , Lisbon, Portugal June 26-28th.
Müller, R., Drouin, N. & Sankaran, S., (2018). A Model for Organizational Project Management. IRNOP 2018, Melbourne, Australia, December 10-12.
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N. (2018) Horizontal Leadership Influence on Project Success and the Role of the Cognitive space. 18th EURAM, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 20-23rd.
Agarwal, U.A., Dixit, V., Jain, K., Sankaran, S., Müller, R., Drouin, N. (2017). Exploring Vertical and Horizontal Leadership in Projects – A Comparison of Indian and Australian. Project Management Research & Academic Conference. Mars 2-4th, ITT Delhi, India.
Drouin, N., Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Vaagaasar, A.L., Nikolova, N., Jain, K. (2017). Balanced Leadership in Projects: the concept of socio-cognitive-space to support the building of organizationnal capabilities. The “Project Hat”. IRNOP Conference, Boston, MA June 12-14th 2017.
Müller, R., Sankaran, S., Drouin, N., Vaagaasar, A.L., Bekker, G., Jain, K. (2017). A Theory Framework for Balancing Vertical and Horizontal Leadership in Projects. IRNOP Conference, Boston, MA June 11-14th.
Students’ Projects
Alix-Séguin, C. (2020). Projets d’infrastructure portuaire et communautés locales : regard sur la gestion des parties prenantes dans une perspective d’acceptabilité sociale. (Master’s Thesis). Université du Québec à Montréal.
Perras, Patrick (2020). Le conseil d’administration et la gestion organisationnelle de projets. Thesis. Montréal (Québec, Canada), Université du Québec à Montréal, PhD in administration