MOVE Master Thesis

This repository contains the structured public version of Daniel Hendling’s Master's Thesis on needs-focused leadership in project management and the MOVE Model.

This thesis is also published under the extended title:

"Needs-Focused Leadership in Projects: The MOVE Model on Motivation, Mediation, and Trust"

This extended title emphasizes the underlying MOVE framework and its focus on motivation, mediation, and trust in project environments.

Purpose

This repository provides:

• a canonical structured source of the thesis
• machine-readable Markdown files for AI-supported use
• a chapter-based structure for research and citation
• a stable public access point alongside the PDF version

Structure

• index.md – central entry point for navigating the thesis
• chapters/ – structured, machine-readable thesis content (Markdown)
• assets/ – visual models and supporting materials (multi-language PDFs)
• data/ – empirical foundation, including survey instrument and data access information
• pdf/ – formatted PDF version of the thesis
• metadata/ – additional reference and contextual information
• CITATION.cff – citation metadata for academic use

Author

Daniel Hendling

Identifiers

• DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/NKB4J
• ORCID: 0009-0009-9708-0695

Note

The PDF version remains the formatted reference version.
This repository provides the structured, machine-readable source for AI-assisted and academic use.