Linking public leadership and public project success: the mediating role of team building

Abstract

The existing research has linked the mainstream leadership styles to project success and team building. However, there is a lack of research evidence on how public sector-specific leadership styles influence project success and team building. This research uses social information processing theory to explore the influence of public leadership on project success and team building. The study also explores the fundamental processes by which public leadership engenders project success via the mediating mechanism of team building. Analysis of 436 responses from both public sector projects managers-subordinates dyad showed that public leadership positively relates to project success and team building. The analysis also showed that team building positively influences project success. Moreover, the findings revealed that team building partially mediates the influence of public leadership on project success.

The impact of public leadership on collaborative administration and public health delivery

“…That is, more positive evaluations of public health delivery are recorded after a greater emphasis was placed on public leadership qualities. Previous studies corroborate this conclusion by showing the association between PL and project success in Pakistan is positive [ 31 ]. Strategic leadership styles also influence public health delivery in private health care contexts [ 129 ].…”

“…The network facet of public leadership can have an impact on the collaborative building processes (e.g., goal formulation, social relations, and issue solving) by enabling and motivating various stakeholders to operate in network and partnerships internally and externally. According to this, the establishment of hospital administration collaborations can be affected by all characteristics of PL, which is illustrated as PL effect on project success through teambuilding in Pakistani context [ 31 ].…”

An analysis of E-governance in Pakistan from the lens of the Chinese governance model

“…In 2017, the government launched the “Pakistan Online Visa System,” which enabled foreign tourists and businessmen to apply for visas online [ 60 ]. In 2018, the federal government launched the “Ehsaas” program, which aimed to provide financial assistance to the poor and vulnerable segments of society through a digital payment system [ 61 , 62 ].…”