Resumo

Purpose – The article describes how cognition has been approached in the literature on project management and proposes a unified model based on the findings.

Originality/value – Previous research has validated cognition in project management on an individual level to explain some phenomenon, but without attempting to understand how that finding could be used to compose and explain human cognition, resulting in output behaviour.

Design/methodology/approach – Through a review of 142 scientific articles on the subject from the SCOPUS, and Web of Science, this study employs a qualitative approach of exploratory characteristics based on a Systematic Literature Review.

Findings – Six categories (with nineteen subcategories) relate to cognition in project management, as well as a cognition model based on the categories and subcategories found.

Theoretical implications – Understand how aspects of cognition can impact the behaviours of the project professional and contribute to problem-solving in the project environment.

Practical implications – Understand how aspects of cognition can impact the behaviours of the project professional and contribute to problem-solving in the project environment.

Purpose – The article describes how cognition has been approached in the literature on project management and proposes a unified model based on the findings.

Originality/value – Previous research has validated cognition in project management on an individual level to explain some phenomenon, but without attempting to understand how that finding could be used to compose and explain human cognition, resulting in output behaviour.

Design/methodology/approach – Through a review of 142 scientific articles on the subject from the SCOPUS, and Web of Science, this study employs a qualitative approach of exploratory characteristics based on a Systematic Literature Review.

Findings – Six categories (with nineteen subcategories) relate to cognition in project management, as well as a cognition model based on the categories and subcategories found.

Theoretical implications – Understand how aspects of cognition can impact the behaviours of the project professional and contribute to problem-solving in the project environment.

Practical implications – Understand how aspects of cognition can impact the behaviours of the project professional and contribute to problem-solving in the project environment.