The Impact of Project Manager Soft Competences on Project Sustainability

Jian Xue, Zeeshan Rasool, Aqsa Gillani and Ahmad Imran Khan
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Jian Xue: School of Economics and Management, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
Zeeshan Rasool: School of Economics and Management, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
Aqsa Gillani: Department of Management Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 45550, Pakistan
Ahmad Imran Khan: Putra Business School, University of Putra, UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-18

Abstract: The current study suggests a different and innovative view by testing a unique combination of variables, which are unproven in a single model for the purpose of increasing the ratio of sustainable projects. The project manager can use the model to look their projects and can compose necessary changes for better outcomes. The study objects to postulate the competence breach of project managers with regard to sustainability, and to deliver direction that how to fulfill the research gap. The given work is centered on the result of project supervisor soft capabilities on project sustainability mediated by innovation. To achieve this aim, deductive approach was adopted. The sample size of the study was 242 respondents, and data were collected from software houses. The collected data were then analyzed by doing the structural equation modeling in PLS-SEM in order to examine the relationships. The outcomes demonstrate positive impact of project manager soft competences on project sustainability and mediating impact of innovation among the relationship of project manager soft competences and project sustainability. Innovation is directly linked to project sustainable development, and was accepted, which aligns with the previous studies. This research reflects the role of project manager soft competences on innovation and project sustainability. The study is unique in its scope and implications as the focus is upon empirical investigation of the project manager soft competences and project sustainability in the context of Pakistan.

Keywords: project manager; soft competences; innovation; project sustainability; competency; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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