The Roles of Governance Mechanisms to Manage Misbehaviors in the Project Front-End

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Chapter 15 - The Roles of Governance Mechanisms to Manage Misbehaviors in the Project Front-End

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 November 2025

Joseph W. Harrison ,

Jens K. Roehrich and

Michael A. Lewis

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Lavagnon A. Ika and

Jeffrey K. Pinto

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Lavagnon A. Ika: Affiliation:
University of Ottawa
Jeffrey K. Pinto: Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University

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The project front-end has long been understood as a project phase critical to overall project success. In this chapter, we investigate the underexplored topic of (mis-)behaviour in the project front-end. Drawing upon literature on contractual and relational governance mechanisms, we argue that traditional forms of project governance do not have strong applicability to help address some of the most important challenges facing the front-end of projects. This chapter commences by considering how misbehaviours can manifest and be present at different levels of analysis (macro, meso, micro). We then briefly review extant governance studies before considering how misbehaviours can be tackled through such (contractual and relational) governance mechanisms. We conclude our chapter by presenting a future research agenda to help further address the important and under-researched topic of project front-end misbehaviour.

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Trust contracts governance mechanisms project front-end misbehavior(s)future research agenda

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