Review Article

Visualizing the Knowledge Domain of Project Governance: A Scientometric Review

Table 4

Research clusters in the field of project governance.

Cluster no.SizeSilhouetteCluster label (LLR)Alternative labelsRepresentative documentsMost representative citing documentsMean year

0490.654Knowledge governanceComplex project management; common will; top management team (tmt)PMI [3], Müller et al. [39]Winch [45]2008
1390.734StakeholdersPublic sector; public investment projects; agile; policy; construction headquarterTurner [4], Ruuska et al. [10], Ahola et al. [18]Lappi and Aaltonen [14]2011
2340.820EthicsGovernance of projects; governance of project management; decision-making; path creationMüller [38]Müller and Lecoeuvre [46], Joslin and Müller [47]2010
3320.744Institutional logicsConstruction project management; ppps; business model design; benefit managementBiesenthal and Wilden [1], Flyvbjerg [37]Too and Weaver [19], Badewi [48]2012
4320.752Project governanceComparative case study; strategy execution; leximancer; risk management; infrastructure construction projectsToo and Weaver [19]Joslin and Müller [47]2008
5240.932MegaprojectProjects; project based; power plant economics; collaboration; ethnography; budgetSanderson [49]van Marrewijk and Smits [50]2009
6240.870Contractual complexityContractual governance; governance mechanisms; contractor behavior; opportunistic behaviorLu et al. [51]Wang et al. [52]2012
7240.936ProcurementInfrastructure; alliance; construction megaprojects; ipd; institutional entrepreneurLahdenperä [53]Kivilä et al. [54]2010
8230.851SustainabilityPublic engagement; specific investments; infrastructure development; formal control; risk governanceBiesenthal and Wilden [1]Kivilä et al. [54]2012
9220.909Programme portfolio managementHong Kong special administrative region; information acquisition; uncertainty; quantitative studyMüller et al. [39]Mosavi [55]2006
10200.979Project successBenefits management; project management theory; project management success; project management methodologyMüller et al. [2]Badewi and Shehab [56]2011