“…However, despotic leadership is rarely studied in projects. Moreover, project leadership has been tested in innumerable contexts, for example, the construction industry in Thailand (Alkadash & Nadam, 2020), schools (Noble, 2019), the South Africa construction sector (Liphadzi, Aigbavboa & Thwala, 2015), IT project management (Agrawal & Thite, 2003) and the telecommunication industry (Lategan & Fore, 2015). However, not many studies are carried out in the IT industry.…”