Can the Project Manager's Transformational Leadership Lead to Project Success?: Empowerment, Goal Clarity, and CR Leadership

Muhammad Khalique Ahmad, Abu Bakar Abduhamid, Sazali Abd Wahab and Muhammad Umair Nazir
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Muhammad Khalique Ahmad: Putra Business School, Malaysia
Abu Bakar Abduhamid: Putra Business School, Malaysia
Sazali Abd Wahab: Putra Business School, Malaysia
Muhammad Umair Nazir: Putra Business School, Malaysia

International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Project-based organisations face the challenge of persistent project failures, leaving researchers and practitioners struggling to identify the best leadership style for project success. Data was collected from 289 project organisations and analysed to reveal that the project manager's transformational leadership behaviour and empowerment significantly improve project success. Additionally, empowerment mediates the impacts of transformational leadership and goal clarity on project success. Goal clarity was found to mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and empowerment, but not between transformational leadership and project success. Lastly, contingent reward leadership does not moderate the effect of empowerment on project success. The findings have theoretical and practical implications in the project management field.

Date: 2023
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