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Social media is a tool that connects people across the world and has a significant influence on everyone's daily life. This edited volume discusses the importance of social media in project settings. The different methodologies to explore the different use of social media in projects are highlighted.
List of contents
1. The Past, Present and Future of Social Media in Project Management 2. Digital Disruption: How the use of Social Media Can Improve Project Management 3. The use of Social Media for Communication and Knowledge Sharing in the Home-Office Work Period: Senior Project Worker’s Perspective 4. Social Media for Project Knowledge Management 5. Social Communities of Practice: Reflection on Informal Mentoring in Curated Online Spaces 6. Investigating the Role of Social Media on Megaprojects 7. Social Media for Improving Metro Rail Project Operations 8. Mining Online Public Opinions on Megaprojects: A Case Study of The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge 9. Project Organizations’ Roles in Using Social Media for External Stakeholder Engagement: Implications on Value Creation and Distribution 10. Developing a Social Media Unit for Project Management Students 11. Responsible Project Data Analytics: The Case of Social Media 12. An Update on Social Media in Project Management: Applications, Developments and New Perspectives
About the author
Johan Ninan is an Assistant Professor at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands. He has hands-on experience in the planning and construction of multiple infrastructure megaprojects in India prior to delving into researching the project management complexities surrounding such projects in Australia, the UK, and India.
His research focuses on stakeholder engagement, innovation, coordination, and project organizing with an emphasis on the role of social media and other digital media. He has published in leading project management journals such as the International Journal of Project Management, Project Management Journal, Construction Management and Economics, Engineering Project Organization Journal, and many others. He has presented in conferences and workshops in India, USA, Australia, China, and the UK.
He has won the 2020 Global Young Research Award from the International Project Management Association (IPMA), Netherlands, and the 2020 paper of the year award from the Association for Project Management (APM), UK.
Summary
Social media is a tool that connects people across the world and has a significant influence on everyone’s daily life. This edited volume discusses the importance of social media in project settings. The different methodologies to explore the different use of social media in projects are highlighted.
