Abstract:
This study explores the relationship between project management practices, control appraisals and dispositional coping strategies used
by project managers when dealing with stressful situations. Seventy-one project managers from a global sample participated by completing
a web-based questionnaire. Results support the hypotheses that project managers apply more Active Coping and Planning strategies
when dealing with stressful situations and that the level of maturity of the organisational practices is related to an increased use of Planning
coping strategies. Findings and limitations are discussed.
