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Jonas Søderlund

Adjunct Professor - Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Biography

Jonas Söderlund is professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the BI Norwegian Business School. He is educated at IMIE, Linköping University, and Harvard Business School. Söderlund has been a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management and Cranfield School of Management. He has been a Visiting Professor at l'Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and at LUISS, Rome.

Dr Söderlund has published 10 books and more than 50 articles in journals such as Organization Studies, Human Relations, Management Learning, Long Range Planning, International Business Review, Advances in Strategic Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Personnel Review, R&D Management, International Journal of Innovation Management, and International Journal of Project Management.

Dr Söderlund is on the editorial board of Organization Studies and the International Journal of Project Management. He is one of the editors of Project Management Journal. In addition, Professor Söderlund is a member of the academic advisory group of the Project Management Institute - one of the world's largest professional associations with more than 500,000 members. He is a member of the funding committee of Forte - the major Swedish research council in the area of organization and work and was for eight years one of the research leaders for KITE - one of the largest research programs in the area of management and innovation in Sweden.

Dr Söderlund is the founder of two companies, one operating in the IT industry and one in strategy consulting. He has worked with leading international firms to develop project competence and management skills in project-based operations.

He lives in Stockholm with his wife and children.

Research areas
Dr Söderlund's main areas of research include: strategy, capabilities, projects, knowledge integration and new organizational forms. His research primarily centers on improving the understanding of projects as organizational forms, knowledge integration in projects, time and timing in projects, the dynamics of project-based firms, and the dynamics of mega-projects.

Dr Söderlund's research explicitly centers on addressing three levels of analysis: the individual level (such as liminality practices, liminality competence, coping strategies, competence of individual project workers), the project level (such as the dynamics and conditions of mega-projects, institutional logics in large projects, theory of projects, projects as organizational forms, knowledge integraiton and temporality in projects), and the firm level (such as the capabilities of project-based firms, the dynamics and evolution of project-based firms, strategy in project-based firms).

Teaching areas
Dr Söderlund is primarily teaching the Master of Management program in Project Management and Executive Short Programs in the Strategic Management of Projects. He is also course director of the doctoral course on Innovation in Projects and Networks.

Publications

Locatelli, Giorgio; Ika, Lavagnon, Drouin, Nathalie, Müller, Ralf Josef, Huemann, Martina, Söderlund, Jonas, Geraldi, Joana & Clegg, Stewart (2023)

A Manifesto for project management research

European Management Review, 20(1), s. 3- 17. Doi: 10.1111/emre.12568 - Full text in research archive

Project management research has evolved over the past five decades and is now amature disciplinary field investigating phenomena of interest to academics, practi-tioners and policymakers. Studies of projects and project management practicesare theoretically rich and scientifically rigorous. They are practically relevant andimpactful when addressing the pursuit of operational, tactical and strategicadvancements in the world of organisations. We want to broaden the conversa-tion between project management scholars and other scholars from cognate disci-plines, particularly business and management, in a true scholarship of integrationand cross-fertilisation. This Manifesto invites the latter scholars to join effortsproviding a foundation for further creative, theoretical and empirical contribu-tions, including but not limited to tackling grand challenges such as climatechange, pandemics, and global poverty. To this end, we identify five theses: 1. Projects are often‘agents of change’and hence fundamental to driving theinnovation and change required to tackle grand challenges. 2. Much project management research leverages and challenges theories acrossdisciplines, including business, organisation and management studies, con-tributing to developing new theories, including those specific to projects andtemporary organisations. 3.‘Projects’are useful units of analysis, project management research is idealfor scientific cross-fertilisation and project management scholars welcomeacademics from other communities to engage in fruitful conversations. 4. As in many other fields of knowledge, the project management research com-munity embraces diversity, welcoming researchers of different genders andvarious scientific and social backgrounds. 5. Historically rooted in‘problem-solving’and normative studies, project man-agement research has become open to interpretative and emancipatoryresearch, providing opportunities for other business, management and orga-nisational scholars to advance their knowledge communities.

Lenfle, Sylvain & Söderlund, Jonas (2022)

Project-oriented agency and regeneration in socio-technical transition: Insights from the case of numerical weather prediction (1978-2015)

Research Policy, 51(3) Doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104455 - Full text in research archive

This paper analyzes the unfolding of socio-technical transition (STT) using the multi-level perspective (MLP) framework. It relies on an in-depth case study of the “quiet revolution” of numerical weather prediction. The study reveals how key actors targeted the reverse salient of data assimilation and thereby facilitated the tran- sition toward a new “variational” regime. In so doing, the paper makes three contributions to the STT literature: (1) it identifies a new type of transition pathway, “regeneration,” in which the regime transforms itself from within, despite the lack of changes in landscape pressure, to overcome internal tensions; (2) it showcases “project-oriented agency” as the central mechanism of this transition, which allows the actors to join forces and cooperate to counteract the reverse salient; and (3) it proposes a process model of project-oriented agency that accounts for the role of the reverse salient in the regeneration pathway.

Söderlund, Jonas & Pemsel, Sofia (2021)

Changing times for digitalization: The multiple roles of temporal shifts in enabling organizational change

Human Relations Doi: 10.1177/0018726721991623 - Full text in research archive

Shifting an organization’s temporal order can be a key mechanism for accomplishing organizational change, but it is also fundamentally problematic: instead of helping an organization accomplish change, it may simply reinforce an already failing course of action. Our current understanding of the roles that temporal shifts play in enabling organizational change is inconclusive in terms of when and how temporal shifts contribute to the success of organizational change. We exploit an in-depth case study of a new digitalized design approach implemented at Advanced Construction to demonstrate how a temporal shift can increase temporal awareness, among organizational members, of the salient and differing temporalities involved. In this case, the increased temporal awareness facilitated improved temporal coordination, which in turn figured prominently in making actual change possible. Our study identifies three complementary roles of change-inducing temporal shifts—namely, in connection with past experience, current activities, and future directions. Thus, we develop a deeper understanding of the relation between temporal shifts and organizational change, and offer a novel account of how the establishment of a temporal zone harbors those three roles of temporal shifts.

Lu, Weisheng; Xu, Jinying & Söderlund, Jonas (2020)

Exploring the Effects of Building Information Modeling on Projects: Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

Journal of construction engineering and management, 146(5) Doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001823

Pemsel, Sofia & Söderlund, Jonas (2020)

Who’s Got The Time? Temporary Organising Under Temporal Institutional Complexity

Braun, Timo & Lampel, Joseph (red.). Tensions and paradoxes in temporary organizing

This chapter addresses the challenges associated with temporary organising under conditions of institutional complexity. The authors draw on findings from an in-depth case study of a megaproject initiated to reshape healthcare in Sweden. At the centre of this transformation was the construction of a new, ‘world-class’ hospital to replace the former (historical and renowned) university hospital. The authors posit that organising such projects is largely a matter of creating, responding to, and re-creating temporal institutional complexity. Thus, their study identifies four distinct response strategies – innovating, partial decoupling, avoiding, and surfing – on which project actors relied when dealing with the multiplicity of temporal institutional requirements. The authors propose a model for explaining how these strategies affected the temporal institutional complexity faced by the project. Their chapter adds to the literature on temporary organisations by highlighting the nature and dynamics of temporal institutional complexity and by revealing how inter-institutional temporary organisations cope with such complexity.

Geraldi, Joana; Söderlund, Jonas & van Marrewijk, Alfons (2020)

Advancing Theory and Debate in Project Studies

Project Management Journal, 51(4), s. 351- 356. Doi: 10.1177/8756972820932002 - Full text in research archive

Ika, Lavagnon A.; Söderlund, Jonas, Munro, Lauchlan T. & Landoni, Paolo (2020)

Cross-learning between project management and international development: Analysis and research agenda

International Journal of Project Management, 38(8), s. 548- 558. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.10.005

Both project management and international development came of age as scholarly and practice domains in the 20th century. They share a central concern with organizing work and delivering change. Though international development played a role in defining the project management domain in the 1950s and the 1960s, there has been little cross-fertilization between project management and international development in recent decades. The centrality of projects in international development efforts and the need for project management to help tackle global challenges that overlap with international development, such as climate change and COVID-19, make such cross-learning timely and rewarding. Accordingly, with the aim of cross-fertilization and integration, this paper examines what connects and differentiates the two domains of project management and international development, both conceptually and through the distinctive nature of their modes of delivery. The paper lays out a research agenda for the interface between project management and international development.

Pantic Dragisic, Svjetlana & Söderlund, Jonas (2020)

Swift transition and knowledge cycling: Key capabilities for successful technical and engineering consulting?

Research Policy, 49(1) Doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103880 - Full text in research archive

Söderlund, Jonas & Sydow, Jörg (2019)

Projects and institutions: towards understanding their mutual constitution and dynamics

International Journal of Project Management Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.01.001 - Full text in research archive

Maylor, Harvey; Meredith, Jack R, Söderlund, Jonas & Browning, Tyson (2018)

Old theories, new contexts: extending operations management theories to projects

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 38(6), s. 1274- 1288. Doi: 10.1108/IJOPM-06-2018-781

Gardiner, Paul; Eltigani, Adil, Williams, Terry, Kirkham, Richard, Ou, Lixiong, Calabrese, Antonio & Söderlund, Jonas (2018)

Evolutionary learning in strategy-project systems.

Project Management Institute.

Stjerne, Iben Sandal; Söderlund, Jonas & Minbaeva, Dana (2018)

Crossing times: Temporal boundary-spanning practices in inter-organizational projects

International Journal of Project Management, 37(2), s. 347- 365. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2018.09.004 - Full text in research archive

This paper introduces the notion of “temporal boundary spanning” and highlights the key role of project management in resolving temporal tensions among partners participating in interorganizational projects (IOPs). The present study, which is based on data from 93 IOPs undertaken within a major change program, relies on in-depth, semi-structured interviews, observations, and detailed analyses of written documents and procedures from those IOPs. Based on the data, we inductively develop a practice-based theory that identifies three main practices (framing, synchronizing, hyping) used to resolve the central temporal tensions observed in the studied IOPs. In that respect, the paper offers novel insights into the role and practice of project management in IOPs.

Pantic-Dragisic, Svjetlana & Söderlund, Jonas (2018)

On the move to stay current: Knowledge cycling and scheduled labor mobility

Management Learning, 49(4), s. 429- 452. Doi: 10.1177/1350507618772258

Technical consulting plays an increasingly important role in developing and transferring knowledge in a wide range of industries and sectors. We present a case study of Swift Tech, a leading Scandinavian technical consulting firm, to identify and assess the importance of knowledge cycling—a knowledge process based on scheduled and recurrent rotation of technical consultants among organizational and problem-solving contexts. Our study identifies four main phases of knowledge cycling: entering an assignment, building experience, contributing to the project, and shifting to a new assignment. These phases underpin our model of knowledge cycling, which demonstrates that two aspects of local knowledge processes are critical: project task familiarization and project organization familiarization. We show that knowledge cycling relies on a dynamic interaction between client organization, consulting firm, and individual consultant in the ongoing transfer of knowledge among distinct contexts and communities. Knowledge cycling demonstrates the significance of “mobile knowledge” for the development of situated knowledge; hence, our results have important implications for situated learning theory.

Lenfle, Sylvain & Söderlund, Jonas (2018)

Large-Scale Innovative Projects as Temporary Trading Zones: Toward an Interlanguage Theory

Organization Studies Doi: 10.1177/0170840618789201

Large-scale innovative projects (LSIPs) play a central role in arranging for exploratory and strategic opportunity seeking that transcends organizational and disciplinary boundaries. This paper outlines a theory that addresses the two most salient characteristics of such organizations: their extreme task uniqueness and high degree of interdisciplinarity. Drawing on the work of Peter Galison and the case of the Radiation Laboratory project, we introduce the notion of LSIPs as ‘temporary trading zones’ and posit the centrality of ‘interlanguage creation’ for coordinating such projects. We demonstrate that LSIPs foster and, indeed, practically necessitate the creation of an interlanguage via interaction among three core elements: linguistic representations, project management tools and material representations. Summarizing our observations, we propose a process model of interlanguage creation in LSIPs; this model identifies five critical developmental phases that reveal how the three core elements interact to create an interlanguage.

Pemsel, Sofia; Söderlund, Jonas & Wiewiora, Anna (2018)

Contextualising capability development: configurations of knowledge governance mechanisms in project-based organizations

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 30(10), s. 1226- 1245. Doi: 10.1080/09537325.2018.1459538

Given the project-based organization’s (PBO) strong focus on autonomy and temporary decentralisation, it faces unique challenges with regard to longterm organisational learning and capability development. To address how PBOs cope with these challenges, we address the role of knowledge governance (KG) mechanisms to foster capability development. The present paper reports on a multiple case study comprising 23 PBOs and demonstrates the importance of ‘configurations of KG mechanisms’ for facilitating learning and capability development. This paper develops four distinct configurations (balanced, formalistic, interactive, and fragile) that promote three principal organisational-level learning processes: shifting, leveraging and adapting. This research underscores the close relationship between knowledge governance mechanisms and capability development and the importance of designing the appropriate configuration of KG mechanisms to foster capability development.

Davies, Andrew; Manning, Stephan & Söderlund, Jonas (2018)

When neighboring disciplines fail to learn from each other: The case of innovation and project management research

Research Policy, 47(5), s. 965- 979. Doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.03.002

As knowledge production becomes more specialized, studying complex and multi-faceted empirical realities becomes more difficult. This has created a growing need for cross-fertilization and collaboration between research disciplines. According to prior studies, the sharing of concepts, ideas and empirical domains with other disciplines may promote cross-fertilization. We challenge this one-sided view. Based on an analysis of the parallel development of the neighboring disciplines of innovation studies and project management, we show that the sharing of concepts and empirical domains can have ambivalent effects. Under conditions of ideological distancing, shared concepts and domains will be narrowly assimilated − an effect we call ‘encapsulation’ – which creates an illusion of sharing, while promoting further self-containment. By comparison, reflexive meta-theories and cross-disciplinary community-building will enable a form of sharing that promotes cross-fertilization. Our findings inform research on research specialization, cross-fertilization and effectiveness of interdisciplinary collaborationAs knowledge production becomes more specialized, studying complex and multi-faceted empirical realities becomes more difficult. This has created a growing need for cross-fertilization and collaboration between research disciplines. According to prior studies, the sharing of concepts, ideas and empirical domains with other disciplines may promote cross-fertilization. We challenge this one-sided view. Based on an analysis of the parallel development of the neighboring disciplines of innovation studies and project management, we show that the sharing of concepts and empirical domains can have ambivalent effects. Under conditions of ideological distancing, shared concepts and domains will be narrowly assimilated − an effect we call ‘encapsulation’ – which creates an illusion of sharing, while promoting further self-containment. By comparison, reflexive meta-theories and cross-disciplinary community-building will enable a form of sharing that promotes cross-fertilization. Our findings inform research on research specialization, cross-fertilization and effectiveness of interdisciplinary collaboration

Dille, Therese; Söderlund, Jonas & Clegg, Stewart (2018)

Temporal conditioning and the dynamics of inter-institutional projects

International Journal of Project Management, 36(5), s. 673- 686. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2018.03.007

This paper presents an in-depth and processual case study of a major infrastructural innovation project involving diverse private and public-sector organizations. The case study shows how organizing developed recursively in response to diverging temporal requirements, induced by the temporal institutional complexity facing the project. We introduce the idea of temporal conditioning to demonstrate how large-scale temporary organizations dynamically cope with conflicting temporal institutional requirements by making use of three strategies: (1) temporal avoidance, (2) temporal splitting, and (3) temporal matching. With its focus on the emergence of the project, this paper adds to our understanding of the dynamics of organizing in temporary and institutionally pluralistic settings – settings that put greater pressures on our ability to deal with conflicting institutional requirements pertaining to time and timing. Accordingly, we offer a new perspective on the dynamics of large-scale projects and how they respond to a particular kind of institutional complexity.

Wang, Hongdi; Lu, Weisheng, Söderlund, Jonas & Chen, Ke (2018)

The interplay between formal and informal institutional in projects: A social network analysis

Project Management Journal, 49(4), s. 20- 35. Doi: 10.1177/8756972818781629

In projects, various kinds of formal and informal institutions are crucial for imprinting and controlling behavior. The interplay and potential conflict between these two types of institutions have attracted increasing scholarly and managerial attention, but conventional institutional analyses are hampered by the lack of effective methodological instruments for understanding these institutions and examining their fit (or misfit). Underpinned by the theoretical argument that institutions governing projects are networks, this study employs the methodology of social network analysis (SNA) to capture and analyze institutional interplay. We use four construction projects to illustrate the interplay between formal and informal institutions in projects and to show how this interplay affects project performance. Our findings reveal that, in general, performance is better when there is a better fit—which indicates the extent of interplay—between a project’s formal and informal guiding institutions. We also show how project managers can use SNA to diagnose formal and informal institutions, enhancing their fit and thereby improving project performance. The results presented here have implications for the role of these two institutional types and for how the fit between them can be improved through conscious effort.

Söderlund, Jonas & Elisabeth, Borg (2018)

Liminality in management and organization studies: Process, position and place

International Journal of Management Reviews, 20(4), s. 880- 902. Doi: 10.1111/ijmr.12168

This paper explores liminality, a concept receiving increased attention in management and organization studies and gaining prominence because of its capacity to capture the interstitial and temporary elements of organizing and work. The authors present a systematic review of t he literature on liminality, covering 61 published papers, and undertake a critical analysis of how the concept of liminality has been used in prior research. This review reveals associations with three main themes: process; position; and place. For each theme, the authors identify the central research questions posed, while comparing individual and collective levels of analysis. During this process, the Authors revisit several ideas central to the original, anthropological research on liminality, a perspective from which they suggest a rejuvenation of liminality research in management and organization studies. This paper argues for a greater focus on the liminal experience itself – especially its ritual and temporal dimensions – and for improving the comparative analysis of liminality following the three themes identified in this paper. The authors suggest that revising the agenda for liminality research along these lines could facilitate more informed responses to the challenges of an increasingly temporary and dynamic work life

Ika, Lavagnon; Söderlund, Jonas, Munro, Lauchlan & Landoni, Paolo (2017)

Special issue: When project management meets international development, what can we learn?

International Journal of Project Management, 36(2), s. 331- 333. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.05.005

Söderlund, Jonas; Shankar, Sankaran & Chrisopher, Biesenthal (2017)

The past and present of megaprojects

Project Management Journal, 48(6), s. 5- 16. Doi: 10.1177/875697281704800602

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2017)

Project studies: What it is, where it is going

International Journal of Project Management, 36(1), s. 55- 70. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.06.004 - Full text in research archive

Project organising is a growing field of scholarly inquiry and management practice. In recent years, two important developments have influenced this field: (1) the study and practice of projects have extended their level of analysis from mainly focussing on individual projects to focussing on micro- as well as macro-level concerns around projects; and (2) there has been a greater interest in different kinds of scholarly inquiry. Taken together, these two developments call for closer scrutiny of how the levels of analysis and the types of inquiry are related and benefit each other, and of the explanations of project practices they could offer. To discuss avenues for future research on projects and project practice, this paper suggests the notion of project studies to better grasp the status of our field. We combine these two sets of ideas to analyse the status and future options for advancing project research: (1) levels of analysis; and (2) type of research. Analysing recent developments within project studies, we observe the emergence of what we refer to as type 3 research, which reconciles the need for theoretical development and engagement with practice. Type 3 research suggests pragmatic avenues to move away from accepted yet unhelpful assumptions about projects and project organising. The paper ends with an agenda for future research, which offers project scholars a variety of options to position themselves in the field of project studies, and to explore opportunities in the crossroads between levels of analysis and types of research.

Bredin, Karin; Enberg, Cecilia, Niss, Camilla & Söderlund, Jonas (2017)

Knowledge Integration at Work: Individual Project Competence in Agile Projects

Tell, Fredrik; Berggren, Christian, Brusoni, Stefano & Van de Ven, Andrew (red.). Managing Knowledge Integration Across Boundaries

Ika, Lavagnon & Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

Rethinking revisited: Insights from an early rethinker

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(4), s. 931- 954. Doi: 10.1108/IJMPB-05-2016-0041

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

Project studies and engaged scholarship: Directions towards contextualized and reflexive research on projects

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(4), s. 767- 797. Doi: 10.1108/IJMPB-02-2016-0016

Pemsel, Sofia; Müller, Ralf & Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

Knowledge governance strategies in project-based organizations

Long Range Planning, 49(6), s. 648- 660. Doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.01.001

Breunig, Karl Joachim; Söderlund, Jonas & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2015)

Lasting temporariness: Projects as capability bridges across time and organizational levels

Academy of Management Proceedings Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.18086abstract

This study reveals how learning and experiences accumulated in temporary projects contribute to capability development and change of strategic orientation in project-based organizations. We argue that capability development in project-based organizations must rest upon an understanding of projects as “capability bridges”, thus contrasting extant literature’s common treatise of the temporariness inherent in project-based organizing. This paper presents an analytical framework that identifies how capabilities develop over time and across levels in specific contexts. The empirical data is derived from a longitudinal case study of capability development in an international project-based professional service firm. The case study demonstrates how projects function as bridges connecting both past, present and future, and individual-, project and- organization levels, thus illustrating the temporality of capabilities, on the one hand, and the multi- level features of capabilities, on the other hand. Thus, this study shows how knowledge and experiences accumulated from past and current projects influence the formation of future capabilities and strategies. Simultaneously, anticipations of the future influence current activities and the utilization of past project experiences. This leads to an improved understanding how capabilities are developed across organizational levels and across time.

Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

Project-Based Organizations: What Are They?

Chiocchio, Francois; Kelloway, E. Kevin & Hobbs, Brian (red.). The psychology and management of project teams

Sankowska, Anna & Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

Trust, reflexivity and knowledge integration: Toward a conceptual framework concerning mobile engineers

Human Relations, 68(6), s. 973- 1000. Doi: 10.1177/0018726714549646

Borg, Elisabeth & Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

The nature and development of liminality competence: Narratives from a study of mobile project workers

Journal of Workplace Learning, 27(3), s. 176- 192. Doi: 10.1108/JWL-12-2013-0110

Borg, Elisabeth & Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

Liminality competence: An interpretative study of mobile project workers’ conception of liminality at work

Management Learning, 46(3), s. 260- 279. Doi: 10.1177/1350507613516247

van Oorschot, Kimball Elizabeth; Dille, Therese & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Hamburgers and Broccoli: The averaging bias in project management

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1) Doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.17228abstract

Bredin, Karin & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Leading and managing projects: Insights form the HR quadriad

Klimoski, Richard J.; Dugan, Beverly, Messikomer, Carla & Chiocchio, Francois (red.). Advancing Human Resource Project Management

Söderlund, Jonas; Hobbs, Brian & Ahola, Tuomas (2014)

Project-based and temporary organizing: Reconnecting and rediscovering

International Journal of Project Management, 332(7), s. 1085- 1090. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.06.008

Sylvain, Lenfle & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Project History: History Meets Project

Turner, Rodney J. (red.). Gower Handbook of Project Management

Borg, Elisabeth & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Moving in, moving out: liminality practices in project-based work

Employee Relations, 36(2), s. 182- 197. Doi: 10.1108/ER-11-2012-0081

Söderlund, Jonas & Geraldi, Joana (2014)

Introduction

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (red.). Project management: Critical perspectives on business and management Volume 4

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Introduction

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (red.). Project Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management Volume 3

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Introduction

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (red.). Project Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management Volume 1

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Introduction

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (red.). Project Management: Critical perspectives on business and management Volume 2

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

The anatomy of project management research

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (red.). Project Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management Volume 1

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Project management: Critical perspectives on business and management Volume 4

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Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Project Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management Volume 3

Routledge.

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Project Management: Critical perspectives on business and management Volume 2

Routledge.

Geraldi, Joana & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Project Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management Volume 1

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Dille, Therese & Söderlund, Jonas (2013)

Temporal Demands and Institutional Oscillation: Organizing Under Institutional Pluralism

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013(1) Doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2013.17546abstract

Söderlund, Jonas (2013)

Pluralistic and processual understandings of projects and project organizing: Towards theories of project temporality

Drouin, Nathalie; Müller, Ralf & Sankaran, Shankar (red.). Novel Approaches to Organizational Project Management Research: Translational and Transformational

Söderlund, Jonas & Dille, Therese (2013)

Managing temporal misfits in institutional environments: A study of critical incidents in a complex public project

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 6(3), s. 552- 575. Doi: 10.1108/IJMPB-03-2012-0006

Söderlund, Jonas; Canonico, Paolo, De Nito, Ernesto & Mangia, Gianluigi (2013)

Special issue on organizational mechanisms for effective knowledge creation in projects: Guest editorial

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 6(2), s. 223- 235. Doi: 10.1108/17538371311319106

Bredin, Karin & Söderlund, Jonas (2013)

Project managers and career models: An exploratory comparative study

International Journal of Project Management, 31(6), s. 889- 902. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.010

Söderlund, Jonas & Lenfle, Sylvain (2013)

Making Project History: Revisiting the Past, Creating the Future

International Journal of Project Management, 31(5), s. 653- 662. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.02.005

Hernes, Tor; Simpson, Barbara & Söderlund, Jonas (2013)

Managing and temporality

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 29(1), s. 1- 6. Doi: 10.1016/j.scaman.2012.11.008

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (2012)

Styrning: insikter, avsikter och utsikter

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (red.). Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (2012)

Organisationsform och styrning: Exemplet Saab 1995-2007 och framväxten av en P-formsorganisation

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (red.). Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Söderlund, Jonas & Fredrik, Tell (2012)

Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (red.). Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

Styrning, tid och kreativa projekt

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (red.). Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Bredin, Karin & Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

HRM och styrning: kollektiv styrning i det projektbaserade företaget

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (red.). Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Borg, Elisabeth & Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

Styrning i gränslandet: Teknikkonsulter och konflikterande styrningslogiker

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (red.). Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (2012)

Styrning: med projekt och kunskap i fokus

Studentlitteratur AB.

Söderlund, Jonas & Geraldi, Joana (2012)

Classics in project management: revisiting the past, creating the future

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 5(4), s. 559- 577. Doi: 10.1108/17538371211280245

Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

Project management, interdependencies, and time: A reflection on Managing Large Systems by Sayles and Chandler

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 5(4), s. 617- 633. Doi: 10.1108/17538371211268924

Söderlund, Jonas & Maylor, Harvey (2012)

Project management scholarship: Relevance, impact and five integrative challenges for business and management schools

International Journal of Project Management, 30(6), s. 686- 696. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.03.007

Søderlund, Jonas & Fredrik, Tell (2011)

Knowledge integration in a P-form corporation: Project epochs in the evolution of Asea/ABB, 1945-2000

Berggren, Christian; Bergek, Anna, Bengtsson, Lars, Hobday, Michael & Søderlund, Jonas (red.). Knowledge integraton and innovation

Søderlund, Jonas & Bredin, Karin (2011)

Participants in the process of knowledge integration

Berggren, Christian; Bergek, Anna, Bengtsson, Lars, Hobday, Michael & Søderlund, Jonas (red.). Knowledge integraton and innovation

Berggren, Christian; Bergek, Anna, Bengtsson, Lars & Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

Exploring knowledge integration and innovation

Berggren, Christian; Bergek, Anna, Bengtsson, Lars, Hobday, Michael & Søderlund, Jonas (red.). Knowledge integraton and innovation

Søderlund, Jonas & Fredrik, Tell (2011)

The P-form corporation

Morris, Peter W. G.; Pinto, Jeffrey K. & Søderlund, Jonas (red.). The Oxford handbook of project management

Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

Theoretical foundations of project management : suggestions for a pluralistic understanding

Morris, Peter W. G.; Pinto, Jeffrey K. & Søderlund, Jonas (red.). The Oxford handbook of project management

Søderlund, Jonas & Bredin, Karin (2011)

Human Resource Management in Project-based Organizations. The HR Quadriad Framwork

Palgrave Macmillan.

Berggren, Christian; Bergek, Anna, Bengtsson, Lars, Hobday, Michael & Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

Knowledge integraton and innovation

Oxford University Press.

Morris, Peter W. G.; Pinto, Jeffrey K. & Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

The Oxford handbook of project management

Oxford University Press.

Søderlund, Jonas & Fredrik, Tell (2011)

Strategy and capabilities in the P-form corporation: Linking strategic direction with organizational capabilities

Advances in Strategic Management, 28, s. 235- 262. Doi: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028013

Berggren, Christian & Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

Management Education for Practicing Managers: Combining Academic Rigour with Personal Change and Organizational Action

Journal of Management Education, 35(3), s. 377- 405. Doi: 10.1177/1052562910390369

Bredin, Karin & Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

The HR quadriad: a framework for the analysis of HRM in project-based organizations

International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(10), s. 2202- 2221. Doi: 10.1080/09585192.2011.580189

Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

Pluralism in Project Management: Navigating the Crossroads of Specialization and Fragmentation

International Journal of Management Reviews, 13(2), s. 153- 176. Doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2010.00290.x

Dille, Therese & Søderlund, Jonas (2011)

Managing inter-institutional projects: The significance of isochronism, timing norms and temporal misfits

International Journal of Project Management, 29(4), s. 480- 490. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.02.007

Wikström, Kim; Artto, Karlos, Kujala, Jaakko & Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Business models in project business

International Journal of Project Management, 28(8), s. 832- 841. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.07.001

Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Knowledge entrainment and project management: The case of large-scale transformation projects

International Journal of Project Management, 28(2), s. 130- 141. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.11.010

Dahlgren, Jörgen & Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Modes and mechanisms of control in Multi-Project Organisations: the R&D case

International Journal of Technology Management, 50(1), s. 1- 22.

Canonico, Paolo & Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Getting control of multi-project organizations: Combining contingent control mechanisms

International Journal of Project Management, 28(8), s. 796- 806. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.05.005

Bredin, K. & Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Fit for purpose? Designing HR organisations and HR departments in project-based organisations

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 10(4), s. 327- 361.

Andersen, Erling S.; Søderlund, Jonas & Vaagaasar, Anne-Live (2010)

Projects and politics: exploring the duality between action and politics in complex projects

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 11(2), s. 121- 139.

Søderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (2009)

The P-form organization and the dynamics of project competence: Project epochs in Asea/ABB, 1950-2000

International Journal of Project Management, 27(2), s. 101- 112. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.10.010

Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Strategisk och operativ styrning i projektorienterad verksamhet

G. Nilsson (Ed.), Bonniers Ledarskapshandböcker ¿ Ekonomistyrning

Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Mellan kaos och koma: liminalitetskompetens i kunskapskollektiv

Stjernberg et al (Eds.). Projektliv - villkor för uthollig projektverksamhet

Stjernberg, Torbjörn; Söderlund, Jonas & Wikström, E. (2008)

Projektlivets villkor: Några inledande betraktelser

Stjernberg et al (Eds.). Projektliv - villkor för uthollig projektverksamhet

Bredin, K. & Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Den nya linjechefsrollen: Exempel på förändringen av personalarbete i projektintensiva företag

Stjernberg et al (Eds.). Projektliv - villkor för uthollig projektverksamhet

Walker, Derek H.T.; Anbari, Frank T., Bredillet, Christophe, Söderlund, Jonas, Cicmil, Svetlana & Thomas, Janice (2008)

Collaborative Academic/Practitioner Research in Project Management: Examples and Applications

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1(2), s. 168- 192.

Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Competence dynamics and learning processes in project-based firms: shifting, adapting and leveraging

International Journal of Innovation Management, 12(1), s. 41- 67.

Brady, Tim & Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Projects in Innovation, Innovation in Projects: Guest Editorial

International Journal of Project Management, 26(5), s. 465- 468.

Berggren, C. & Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Rethinking project management education: social twists and knowledge co-production

International Journal of Project Management, 26(3), s. 286- 296.

Berggren, C.; Järkvik, J. & Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Lagomizing, organic integration, and systems emergency wards: Innovative practices in managing complex systems development projects

Project Management Journal, 39(1), s. 111- 122.

Söderlund, Jonas; Vaagaasar, Anne-Live & Andersen, Erling S. (2008)

Relating, reflecting and routinizing: Developing project competence in cooperation with others. International Journal of Project Management

International Journal of Project Management, 26(5)

Söderlund, Jonas (2007)

Projekt som organisationsform: ett kunskapsperspektiv

Organisation: teorier om ordning och oordning, D. Kärreman & A. Rehn (Eds.)

Geraldi, Joana; Söderlund, Jonas & van Marrewijk, Alfons (1)

Bright and Dark Spots in Project Studies: Continuing Efforts to Advance Theory Development and Debate

Project Management Journal [Kronikk]

Ika, Lavagnon A.; Söderlund, Jonas, Munro, Lauchlan T. & Landoni, Paolo (1)

When project management meets international development, what can we learn?

International Journal of Project Management [Kronikk]

Müller, Ralf & Söderlund, Jonas (1)

Innovative approaches in project management research

International Journal of Project Management [Kronikk]

Söderlund, Jonas & Müller, Ralf (1)

Project Management and Organization Theory: IRNOP Meets PMJ

Project Management Journal [Kronikk]

Söderlund, Jonas & Bakker, Rene M. (1)

The case for good reviewing

International Journal of Project Management [Kronikk]

Søderlund, Jonas & Lenfle, Sylvain (1)

Special issue: Project history International journal of project management

International Journal of Project Management [Kronikk]

Söderlund, Jonas & Pemsel, Sofia (2019)

Temporal shifts and the dynamics of organizing

[Academic lecture]. EGOS.

Söderlund, Jonas (2017)

Organizing beyond the line

[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. Management of Innovation and Technology, s. 3- 4.

Söderlund, Jonas (2017)

A reflection of the state-of-the-art of megaproject research: The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management

[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. Project Management Journal, 48(6), s. 132- 137.

Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

The nature and dynamics of P-form corporations

[Academic lecture]. Anzam Conference.

Pemsel, Sofia & Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

Responding to multiple institutional logics in inter-institutional temporary organizations: A longitudinal study of the making of the 21st century hospital

[Academic lecture]. Anzam Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

Projects as contexts for disciplinary and interdisciplinary research: Examples and insights

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Pantic, Svjetlana & Söderlund, Jonas (2016)

On the move to stay current

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Bredin, Karin; Niss, C. & Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

Specialist med bredd eller flerbent generalist

Andersson, Hans & Berggren, Christian (red.). Kunskapsintegration och innovation i en internationaliserande ekonomi

Maylor, Harvey & Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

Project management research: Addressing integrative challenges

Pasian, Beverly (red.). Designs, methods and practices for research of project management.

Dille, Therese & Söderlund, Jonas (2015)

Hvordan interessenter påvirker prosjekter

[Popular scientific article]. BI Leadership Magazine

Breunig, Karl Joachim; Söderlund, Jonas & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2015)

Lasting Temporariness: Projects as Capability Bridges across Time and Organizational Levels

[Academic lecture]. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Why care about projects?

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Pemsel, Sofia & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Under pressure from conflicting institutional demands and time in inter-institutional projects

[Academic lecture]. Project Management Institute.

Svjetlana, Dragisic Pantic & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Swift transition and knowledge cycling: organizational capabilities in the technical consultancy

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Svjetlana, Dragisic Pantic & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Knowledge transfer in technical consultancies

[Academic lecture]. OLCK.

Therese, Dille & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Temporal structuring and institutional pluralism: The case of inter-institutional temporary organizations

[Academic lecture]. EGOS Conference.

Breunig, Karl Joachim; Söderlund, Jonas & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2014)

Lasting temporariness: Longitudinally assessing multiple outcomes of temporary project work

[Academic lecture]. 30th European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS).

van Oorschot, Kim; Dille, Therese & Söderlund, Jonas (2014)

Hamburgers & Broccoli - the averaging bias in project management

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Pemsel, Sofia; Anna, Wiewora & Söderlund, Jonas (2013)

Project competence and knowledge governance

[Academic lecture]. IRNOP Conference 2013.

Söderlund, Jonas & Åke, Magnusson (2013)

Projektstyrning

Nilsson, Fredrik & Olve, Nils-Göran (red.). Controllerhandboken

Dahlgren, Jörgen & Söderlund, Jonas (2013)

Ekonomistyrning av projekt

Jannesson, Erik & Skoog, Matti (red.). Perspektiv på ekonomistyrning

Söderlund, Jonas & Mikael, Hjorth (2012)

Teknikkonsultbolagens utmaningar: organisering av innovativ verksamhet, kunnande och ingenjörskonst

[Popular scientific article]. Management of Innovation and Technology, s. 3- 5.

Söderlund, Jonas & Borg, Elisabeth (2012)

Ingenjörer i gränslandet: ingenjörskunnande, kompetenta teknikkonsulter och liminalitetskompetens

[Popular scientific article]. Management of Innovation and Technology, s. 5- 7.

Söderlund, Jonas; Fredrik, Tell & Michael, Hobday (2012)

Capability formation in the P-form corporation

[Academic lecture]. EGOS Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas & Bredin, Karin (2012)

Participating in knowledge integration. The case of mobile engineers

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas & Rene, Bakker (2012)

Taking project management beyond the juncture: the case of good reviewing

[Academic lecture]. EGOS Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

Knowledge integration and knowledge entrainment

[Academic lecture]. EGOS Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

Organization of human resources in a project-based economy: Towards an analytical framework

[Academic lecture]. EURAM Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas & Bredin, Karin (2012)

Comparing project manager career models: a study of ten Swedish project-oriented firms

[Academic lecture]. EURAM Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas (2012)

Liminality competence

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Dille, Therese & Söderlund, Jonas (2011)

Projects, Processes and Institutions: Institutional Temporal Misfits and the Dynamics of Project Processes

[Academic lecture]. Konferanse.

Dille, Therese & Söderlund, Jonas (2010)

Organizing inter-institutional projects: the significance of isochronism, timing norms and temporal misfits

[Academic lecture]. Konferanse.

Söderlund, Jonas & Dille, Therese (2010)

Isochronism and timing norms: projects in the light of institutional theory

[Report]. Handelshøyskolen BI.

Søderlund, Jonas & Dille, Therese (2010)

Project processes and dynamics

[Academic lecture]. NEON-Dagene.

Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Knowledge entrainment and project organizing: Approaching knowledge integration in complex R&D

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Conference.

Tell, Fredrik & Søderlund, Jonas (2010)

Innovation and Dynamics in the P-form Corporation

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Meeting, Symposium on Project-based Organization and Beyond.

Søderlund, Jonas & Bredin, K. (2009)

The HR quadriad: Delivering HR value in project-based organizations

[Academic lecture]. International HRM Workshop.

Søderlund, Jonas & Canonico, Paolo (2009)

Getting control of Multi-Project Organizations: Combining contingent control mechanisms

[Academic lecture]. IRNOP CONFERENCE.

Søderlund, Jonas & Bredin, K. (2009)

Liminality Problems in Project-Based Firms: Coping Strategies and ‘Collectivities of Practice’ in Advanced Engineering

[Academic lecture]. IRNOP CONFERENCE.

Søderlund, Jonas; Wikstrøm, Katie & Artto, Karlos (2009)

Project business

[Academic lecture]. IRNOP CONFERENCE.

Søderlund, Jonas & Bredin, K. (2009)

Understanding the Challenges of HRM in Project-Based Organizations: A Study of ‘Liminality Problems’ and Coping Strategies in Advanced Engineering

[Academic lecture]. International Workshop on Human Resurce Management.

Søderlund, Jonas (2009)

Knowledge entrainment and its implications: Approaching knowledge integration under pressure

[Academic lecture]. NEON conference.

Søderlund, Jonas & Bredin, Karin (2009)

The HR Quadriad Framework: Context, Configuration, and Complementarities

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Søderlund, Jonas & Dille, Therese (2009)

Isochronism and the Role of Project Management in Complex Public Projects: Institutional Theory Meets Time

[Academic lecture]. NEON Conference.

Søderlund, Jonas (2009)

Knowledge entrainment and the role of project management

[Academic lecture]. EURAM Conference 2009.

Söderlund, Jonas; Järkvik, J. & Berggren, C. (2008)

A neo-realistic approach to time-critical complex systems development

[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. International Project Management Association, s. 4- 9.

Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

New perspectives and approaches on risk management in complex projects: Organizing knowledge and cultural processes

[Report]. Handelshøyskolen BI, Norwegian Center of Project Management.

Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Schools of Project Management Research: Emerging Pluralism, Emerging Opportunities

[Academic lecture]. Annual Academy of Management Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas (2008)

Project epochs in the history of Asea/ABB: building project capabilities, shifting epochs

[Academic lecture]. PMI Research Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (2008)

Exploring the P-form organization: knowledge dynamics and project epochs

[Academic lecture]. EURAM Conference,EURAM Conference, Ljubljana. ..

Söderlund, Jonas; Berggren, C. & Järkvik, J. (2008)

Lagomizing, organic integration, and systems emergency wards: the practice of innovative project management

[Academic lecture]. PMI Research Conference.

Söderlund, Jonas & Tell, Fredrik (2008)

The Dynamics of P-form Organizations: Project Epochs in the History of Asea/ABB, 1950-2000

[Academic lecture]. RADMA Workshop on Knowledge Integration, Linköping..

Academic Degrees
Year Academic Department Degree
2000 IMIE, Linköping University, Sweden Ph.D.
1995 Linköping University Master of Science
Work Experience
Year Employer Job Title
2007 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
2003 - 2007 Linköping University Associate Professor (Docent)
2003 - 2004 CRG, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris Visiting Professor
2000 - 2003 Linköping University Assistant Professor
2000 - 2001 Cranfield School of Management Visiting Scholar
1995 - 2000 Linköping University Doctoral candidate
1998 - 1998 Harvard Business School Visiting Doctoral Candidate
1998 - 1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Visiting Scholar