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The Gloomy side of projects: when working on a project jeopardizes individuals and groups

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  • Alain Asquin

    (Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon)

  • Gilles Garel

    (UPE - Université Paris-Est)

  • Thierry Picq

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

Abstract

In writings on management, projects represent the myth of fortune smiling… Invest in your job! Find self-fulfillment through involvement in the project! But does a project not also destroy meaning, destabilize personnel and convey the germs of new pathologies? In companies, projects are machines for making requirements and judging people. No doubt, there is a gloomy side to projects, as shown by this analysis of verbatim accounts from participants in projects and a review of the scant managerial writings on this topic. For working conditions to worsen in direct proportion to an increase in the stimulation to outdo oneself through involvement in a company project, something must have gone awry in the realm of human resources — at the very heart of capitalism.

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  • Alain Asquin & Gilles Garel & Thierry Picq, 2010. "The Gloomy side of projects: when working on a project jeopardizes individuals and groups," Post-Print hal-02312505, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02312505
    DOI: 10.3917/geco.100.0025
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