Agile project management (APM) refers to a set of project management frameworks that are increasingly common in a range of industries. Even though the positive effects of APM for employees and organizations are widely assumed, no systematic account of affective, behavioural and cognitive outcomes appears in the academic literature. In this pre-registered meta-analysis, we examine the effects of APM based on K = 40 records (with k = 41 independent studies, N = 73,825). Our analyses indicate the beneficial effects of APM across outcomes: For the affective outcomes of job satisfaction, affective strain and organizational commitment, the effect sizes were, on average, small. For the behavioural outcomes of performance and innovative behaviour, the effect sizes were medium to large. For the cognitive outcome of psychological empowerment, the results of our meta-analysis suggest a medium effect. Furthermore, we explore the moderating effects of contextual (team size, occupational groups, culture) and methodological boundary conditions (publication status, study design, levels of analysis, study quality). Compared to studies conducted with software developers, the effect sizes are stronger in other occupations, such as manufacturing, health care and logistics. Moreover, stronger effect sizes are found in published than in unpublished records. We conclude by discussing the state of quantitative APM research and highlight avenues for future study.

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敏捷项目管理的情感、行为和认知结果：初步荟萃分析

敏捷项目管理（APM）是指一组在各个行业中越来越常见的项目管理框架。尽管 APM 对员工和组织的积极影响被广泛认为，但学术文献中没有出现对情感、行为和认知结果的系统说明。在这项预先注册的荟萃分析中，我们根据K  = 40 条记录（其中k  = 41 项独立研究，N = 73,825）。我们的分析表明 APM 对各种结果的有益影响：对于工作满意度、情感紧张和组织承诺等情感结果，平均而言，影响较小。对于绩效和创新行为的行为结果，影响大小为中等到大。对于心理赋权的认知结果，我们的荟萃分析结果表明具有中等效果。此外，我们探讨了背景（团队规模、职业群体、文化）和方法边界条件（发表状态、研究设计、分析水平、研究质量）的调节作用。与软件开发人员进行的研究相比，其他职业的影响更大，例如制造、医疗保健和物流。而且，已发表的记录比未发表的记录具有更强的效应量。最后，我们讨论了定量 APM 研究的现状并强调了未来研究的途径。