Leadership Talk with Christine Unterhitzenberger

This talk will focus on research conducted on the topic of organisational justice in the project context. Organisational justice is an established construct in the context of permanent organisations and relates to perceptions of fairness in the working environment. However, justice judgements are context specific and whilst prior research has shown the positive impact of fair treatment on organisations and employees, less is known about organisational justice in projects and the impacts of fair or unfair treatment of project team members. Through a diary methods study, we investigated how organisational justice is perceived in the project context, the factors influencing project team members' justice judgements and the impact of in-/justice on individuals, projects and organisations. The talk will also discuss in detail the diary method which was employed for this study. 

About Christine Unterhitzenberger

Professor Christine Unterhitzenberger PhD ChPP SFHEA holds the Chair of Project Management at the University of Leeds and is the Director of the Leeds Centre for Projects.  Her research is focused on behavioural and organisational aspects in projects with a particular focus on organisational justice. Her work has been published in leading academic journals and she has received funding from ESRC, EU, APM amongst others. She is Associate Editor for the International Journal of Project Management, Past Chair of the British Academy Project Experiences SIG and Past Chair of the European Academy of Management Project Organising SIG. She is a former Chair of the APM Research Advisory Group. Prior to her academic career she worked for almost a decade in industry being responsible for the management of various major construction projects with a total value of more than £ 500 million.

The Leadership Talks series

Leadership Talks is a series of seminars about topics related to leadership, change and sustainability, project management and organizational psychology, hosted by the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School.