Secondly, this
study offers empirical evidence of the impact of indirect
effects of project controls on project performance.
By distinguishing between exploratory and exploitative
innovative project settings, this study finds indirect effects
of organic project controls on performance via innovativeness
in exploratory settings. These findings are seen
as extending the findings of Bisbe and Otley (2004) at
the organizational level. This study also finds empirical
evidence of tension on project performance resulting
from a combined use of mechanistic and organic forms
of control in both exploratory and exploitative innovation
project settings