Impact of project manager leadership style on project success:
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Date
2019
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
Prior research shows that leadership style affect project success, but impact of
leadership of project manager on project success with mediating role of employee job
satisfaction is in beginning stage and there is negligible study describing the underlying
mechanism between the association of leadership style of project manager and success of
project. Keeping this in view, it was needed that a study should be carried out for more
high consideration of mechanisms underlying the association between leadership style of
project manager and project success. The main purpose of this research study is "To study
the effect of leadership styles of project manager on the success of project with mediate
role of employee job satisfaction. Success of project and job satisfaction of employee are
the main issues in construction projects of Pakistan in these days. Recent ongoing
construction projects of different organizations were selected for this research all across
Pakistan. Sample was taken from the projects of Lahore, Sialkot, Islamabad, Abbottabad,
Peshawar, Muzaffarabad, Rawlakot, Gilgit Baltistan, Sukkar, and Karachi. Population of
interest in this study is construction professionals at ongoing construction project of
Pakistan and unit of analysis is individuals of construction teams who interact with project
manager's leadership style. It was middle and lower management invited to provide their
feedback. Each respondent was take as one case and opinion. Total 150 questionnaire were
distributed and 125 were got back. Response rate was 83.33%. After collecting data from
the field survey, reliability test was performed to check the reliability of the collected data.
Validity of construct also checked. Structural equational model analysis performed to
check the relationship between the dependent, independent and mediating variables on
Smart PLS-3. It is concluded that the mediate role of employee job satisfaction with effect
of leadership styles of project manager on the success of project is positive and significant.
It is necessary to study mediating role of job satisfaction for the superior understating of
mechanisms underlying the association between the project manager leadership styles and
success of project. That type of research increases understanding of the utility and
rationality of western leadership concept in Pakistan and help in pointing out different
aspect of leadership to get better gradation of both the practice and development of
leadership skills in construction projects of Pakistan. The recommendations made towards
the end of the research will improve the efficiency of project managers, employee's job
satisfaction thereby contributing to project success.