Fear of Trying: The Plight of the Rookie Project Manager

Author: Roger S. Pressman

A front-page article in The Wall Street Journal (April 4, 1997) noted that "... many [technical] people don't want to be managers, and many people who are managers are, frankly, itching to jump off the management track - or already have." Describing a phenomenon that it called "management phobia", the Journal noted that sentiment against moving into management positions is the highest it has been in over two decades. The article profiled young technologists, who in another era would have gladly moved toward project management, but today are shunning such positions. Most cited the "Dilbert Factor" as their primary reason for staying put.

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