Tina Karrbom Gustavsson
Senior Lecturer
Head of Division Project Communication / Head Master Construction Project Management
Visiting address: Brinellvägen 1
Phone: + 46 8 790 87 99
E-mail: tina.karrbom@abe.kth.se
Course responsible
AI1801 Byggprojektledning
AI2801 Project Communication
AI2806 Knowledge Management and Evaluation
AI2807 Projects for Construction Project Managers
AI280x Degree Project
Research interests
Project Management and Communication
Construction Project Management
Publications
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. & Gohary, H. (2012). Boundary action in construction projects: new collaborative project practices. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. 5:3.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. & Jerbrant, A. (forthcoming). Task lists as infrastructure: An empirical study of multi project work. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management.
Hallin, A. & Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2010). Digging wider and deeper – revealing the hegemony of project studies. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2:1, pp. 1-15.
Hallin, A. & Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2009). Managing Death – Corporate Social Responsibility and Tragedy. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 16:4, pp. 206-216.
Karrbom Gustavsson, Ti. (2005). Det tillfälligas praktik - om möten och småprat som organiserande mekanismer i anläggningsprojekt. Doctoral thesis. Stockholm: ITM, Royal Institute of Technology. (The practice of temporality – meetings and small talk as organizing mechanisms in construction projects)
Books
Hallin, A. & Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2012). Projektledning. Malmö: Liber Förlag (English translation: Project Management)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (Ed.) (2011). Byggsektorns förmågor. TRITA FOB-Rapport 2011:4. KTH-Royal Institute of Technology
(English translation: The abilities of the construction sector)
Hallin, A. & Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2009) (Eds.) Organisational Communication and Sustainable Development – ICT´s for mobility. IGI Global.
Book chapters
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2011). Byggprojekt – ett skapande kaos? In Karrbom, T. (Ed.) Byggektorns förmågor. TRITA FOB-Rapport 2011:4. KTH-Royal Institute of Technology
Karrbom Gustavsson, T, (2009). A story of a technical tourist. In Petra Adolfsson, Peter Dobers & Mikael Jonasson (eds.), Guiding and Guided Tours. Gothenburg: Förlaget BAS, Gothenburg University
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2009). Small talk and heavy metal. In Marcus Lindahl & Alf Rehn (Eds.) Feelings and Business, Essays in Honor of Claes Gustafsson, pp. 75-86. Stockholm: Santérus Academic Press
Karrbom, T. (2001). Småprat som ljudkuliss. Finsk Tidskrift, 4-5. Åbo. (English translation: Small talk as sound curtain)
Karrbom, T. and Lindahl, M. (2000). Complexity within International Projects. In K. Wikström and A. Rehn (Eds.) Projektperspektiv. Åbo: Åbo Akademi.
Other scientific writing
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. and Zika-Viktorsson A. (2008). Project Overload. International Journal of Project Management Research, Issue 3, pp. 4-7.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2007). Story of a technical tourist. In Petra Adolfsson & Rolf Solli (Eds.), Guided tours and the city – Proceedings. GRI-rapport 2007:4, Gothenburg University.
Hallin, A. and Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2007). Managing Death – Corporate social responsibility and tragedy. Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference in Västerås.
Karrbom, T. (2001). Småprat och tysta budskap. Pink Machine Papers, nr 3. Stockholm: KTH-Royal Institute of Technology. (English translation: Small talk and silent messages)
Popular scientific writing
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2012). Om förmågor. Projektvärlden, nr. 1. Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: About abilities)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2011). Tankar om projektroller och ledarskap. Projektvärlden, nr. 3 Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: Ideas on project roles and leadership)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2011). Gränser och gränsöverskridanden. Projektvärlden nr. 2 Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: Boundaries and boundary broking)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2010). Tala med bönder på bonders vis och med lärde på latin. Projektvärlden, nr. 4. Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: Speak with farmers in farmers language and with scholars in latin)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2010). Mobilitetens lov. Projektvärlden, nr 3. Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: The praise of mobility)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2010). Ska vi samverka? Projektvärlden, nr 2. Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: Can we co-operate?)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2010). Både och! Projektvärlden, nr 1. Svenskt Projektforum.(English translation: Both And!)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2009). Projektet och arvet. Projektvärlden, nr. 4. svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: The Project and the Inheritance)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2009). När vaghet är en styrka. Projektvärlden, nr. 3. Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: When vagueness becomes a strength)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. and Zika-Viktorsson, A. (2007). Project Overload – många bollar i luften och några på golvet. Projektvärlden, nr 4. Svenskt Projektforum. (English translation: Project Overload – several balls in the air and some balls on the floor)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. and Zika-Viktorsson, A. (2007). Bättre fly än illa fäkta. Projektvärlden nr 4., Svenskt projektforum. (English translation: Better to run that to fight)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2007). Det tillfälligas praktik. Projektvärlden, nr 3. Svenskt projektforum. (English translation: The practice of temporality)
Scientific writing to national/international conferences
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. and Hallin, A. (2012). Rethinking the dichotomy of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ in projects: Comparing stage-gate-models and agile methods. Making Projects Critical Workshop (MPC6). Manchester, UK.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. and Gohary, H. (2011). Borders and Border Crossing in Construction Projects. Nordic Academy of Management (NFF). Stockholm, Sweden.
Hallin, A. and Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2011). Narratives as artefacts and artefacts as narratives – the touchable and the thinkable in organizing. European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS). Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jerbrant, A. and Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2011). Improvising in multi-project settings. Nordic Academy of Management Conference (NFF), Stockholm, Sweden.
Karrbom, T., Hallin A. and Dobers, P. (2011). How are shaping the sustainable cities of the future and how do they do it? The case of Stockholm Royal Seaport. Nordic Academy of Management Conference (NFF), Stockholm, Sweden.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T., Hallin, A. and Dobers P. (2011). Guiding in the imaginary city of the future. International Research Forum on Guided Tours (IRFGT). Plymouth, UK.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2008). Bättre fly än illa fäkta – en studie av project overload i tre multiprojektmiljöer. Nationell workshop i HRM, Linköping, Sverige. (English translation: Better to runt than to fight – a study on project overload in three multi project settings)
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. and Zika-Viktorsson, A. (2007). Project Overload: A study on work situation in complex industrial organizations. IRNOP VIII (The International Research Network on Organizing by Projects), Brighton, UK.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2007). What next? An empirical study on project overload and the need for strategies in a multi project context. Nordic Academy of Management (NFF), Bergen, Norway.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T. (2007). Guidade turer på arbetsplatsen. En teknisk turists berättelse. Workshop on Guided Tours at Gothenburg Research Institute. Gothenburg: Gothenburg University
Gustafsson, M., Karrbom, T., Lillhannus, R., Lindahl, M. and Wikström, K. (2002). Fields of Mud. Some Notes on Mass Participant Observation. 2nd Conference on Innovative Research in Management, EURAM (European Academy of Management), Stockholm, Sweden.
Karrbom, T. (2001). Perspectives on Project-Based Industry – A Study on Organizational Behaviour in Complex Situations. EIASM on Organizational Behaviour, Bryssel.
Karrbom, T. (2001). Perspectives on Project-Based Industry: A Study on Human Behaviour in Complex Situations, e.g. How Projects are made Functioning.16th Business Administration Conference (NFF), Uppsala, Sweden.
Karrbom, T. and Gustafsson, C. (2001). Från tyst kunskap till tysta budskap – om småprat som bärare av tysta budskap mellan individer och mellan projekt. 16th Business Administration Conference (NFF), Uppsala, Sweden. (English translation: From tacit knowledge to tacit messages – small talk as carriers of tacit messages between individuals and projects)
Karrbom, T. and Lindahl M. (2000). Complexity Within International Projects. IRNOP IV, (The International Research Network on Organizing by Projects), Sydney, Australia.
Karrbom, T. (2000). What happens when nothing happens? 16th EGOS Collocuium, (European Group of Organisational Studies), Helsinki, Finland.
Karrbom, T. (2000). Småprat i projektbaserad verksamhet – Om småprat och skvaller som bärare av värderingar, kunskaper och erfarenheter. Symposium on Nordic Advanced Project Studies, Åland. (English translation: Small talk in project based industry – small talk and gossip as carriers of norms, knowledge and experiences)
