The Moderating Effect of Organizational Climate on the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Project Success: A Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions

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2024-04

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Project leadership is a complex and multifaceted challenge that requires the timely coordination of processes and collaboration with people and resources to complete projects on time, within scope, and budget. Delays and failures in projects have consequential disruptive ripple effects for all stakeholders. While many factors contribute to a successful project, it begins with good leadership. Despite numerous studies that examine the association between leadership style and project success, few have explored the impact of a full-range leadership theory in the context of the organizational climate perceived by project stakeholders. To address this unanswered question, this study examined the relationship between leadership styles and project success and examined how the organizational climate impacts this relationship. This quantitative research used the Hayes PROCESS technique to investigate stakeholders' perceptions of the link between leadership, project success, and organizational climate. The researcher surveyed 164 projects' stakeholders. The investigator posited that project success and leadership style are related to organizational climate. The findings suggest that project success may not solely be explained by the project manager's leadership style but rather by a combination of organizational climate in innovation and flexibility, as well as outward focus and reflexivity. Contrary to the widely held belief that laissez-faire leadership styles were less preferred, this study found that given the innovative, flexible, outward-focused, and reflexive organizational climate, laissez-faire leadership style can positively influence project success. This study provides a new model and deepens the knowledge of organizations and leadership scholarship by filling in the perceptions of stakeholders.

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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy

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Organizational behavior, Management, Leadership

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