{
  "title": "Project management: does asking for advice undermine credibility?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-de-projet-demander-conseil-fragilise-t-il-la-credibilite-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2024-11-09",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Project managers may hesitate to ask for advice in order to preserve their authority. Research suggests distinguishing the competence we think we convey from the competence others attribute to us.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Project Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lugano",
    "region": "Tessin",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Alison Wood Brooks, Francesca Gino and Maurice E."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Reluctance is not just about image",
      "point": "Francis J."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that project managers should ask for advice more frequently."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot guarantee",
      "point": "These studies do not constitute an evaluation of projects conducted in banks, fashion businesses or family-owned SMEs in Ticino."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lugano",
      "point": "Within SHR’s [project management](/formation-gestion-de-projet-lugano) programme, one possible exercise in Lugano is to select a real decision: interpreting a requirement in a bank, approving a fashion collection, choosing a logistics option in a trading business or making an investment in an Italian-speaking family-owned SME."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Schweitzer",
      "year": "2015",
      "source": "Management Science"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Lake",
      "year": "2008",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 445,
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  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}