Leadership in Civil Engineering: Effects of Project Managers’ Leadership Styles on Project Performance

Larsson, Johan; Eriksson, Per-Erik; Olofsson, Thomas; Simonsson, Peter

doi:10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000367

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“…During project implementation and handover stages, older project managers had more chance of changing their initial judgment (Ojiako et al, 2015). In contrast with Chipulu et al (2014), Larsson et al (2015) argued project success is not influenced by project managers' age.…”

Section: Project Manager's Agementioning

confidence: 97%

The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Hoxha

McMahan

2019

EPPM-Journal

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The world population is aging rapidly. The United Nations listed aging as one of the main social transformations of the twenty-first century. Aging impacts project managers as well. The most prevalent form of discrimination in workplaces is age discrimination. This study evaluated how project managers’ age influences project success. The population was 108 active or former project managers working in Albania or Kosovo. By using quantitative analysis, it was demonstrated that project managers’ age did not significantly predict project success. Therefore, there is a need to increase awareness among employers, so older project managers are not discriminated based on age.

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Section: Project Manager's Agementioning

confidence: 97%

The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Hoxha

McMahan

2019

EPPM-Journal

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“…Even if an employee chooses to stay on a project, he or she may work at only low levels of efficiency [7]. In such circumstances, project managers are required to show personal charisma, and transformational leadership is a suitable means by which to do so [1]. From a long-term perspective, a high turnover rate is harmful to any project's sustainability.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These tasks are completed by project participants, who need to be coordinated [1][2][3]. Thus, the role of project managers is particularly important, especially in the formation of rules and the development of collective spirit of cooperation.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

2017

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Abstract:Transformational leadership has drawn extensive attention in management research. In this field, the influence of transformational leadership on employee performance is an important branch. Recent research indicates that organizational citizenship behavior plays a mediating role between transformational leadership and employee performance. However, some of these findings contradict each other. Given the background where greater attention is being paid to transformational leadership in the construction industry, this research aims to find the degree of the influence of transformational leadership on employee sustainable performance, as well as the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior. A total of 389 questionnaires were collected from contractors and analyzed via structural equation modeling. The findings reveal that employee sustainable performance is positively influenced by transformational leadership. In addition, more than half of that influence is mediated by their organizational citizenship behavior. These findings remind project managers of the need to pay close attention to transformational leadership, to cultivate organizational citizenship behavior, and thereby to eventually improve employee's sustainable performance.

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“…On the other side, performance in megaproject management is strikingly poor and has not improved for the 70-year period for which comparable data are available, at least not when measured in terms of cost overruns, schedule delays and benefit shortfalls (Flyvbjerg 2014). Following on that evidence, most research has focused on the link between SCI and performance; however, recent literature reviews indicate that the results regarding the relationship between SCI and performance are mixed and not very convincing (Larsson et al 2015).…”

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confidence: 97%