%0 Journal Article
%T A Psychological Contract Perspective on Project Networks
%A Matti A. Kaulio
%J Project Management Journal
%@ 1938-9507
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/8756972818781713
%X A current challenge for project network scholars is to explain ˇ°how history mattersˇ±; in other words, how past experiences of collaboration between actors in a project network are transformed into an (informal) organizational format that is replicable in future collaborations. How are project networks formed in the first place? By examining a collaboration under formation between two organizations, this article proposes that project networks can be conceptualized as psychological contracts. In this formation process, critical incidents play a key role as they define ˇ°itemsˇ± in the psychological contract; in project network terms, these items define routines for collaboration
%K critical incident
%K interorganizational project
%K project network
%K psychological contract
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/8756972818781713