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Leaders, Let’s Get Agile: Examining Project Performance Through Sequential Moderated Mediation of Value Co-Creation and Stakeholder Satisfaction Using the Lens of Agile Leadership

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  • Muhammad Ishfaq Khan

    (Department of Management Sciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

  • Bushra Shafiq Bangash

    (Department of Management Sciences, IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 8 bis, Rue de la Croix Jarry, 75013 Paris, France)

  • Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah

    (Department of Management Sciences, College of Business, King Faisal University, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia)

  • Hamza Shakoor

    (Department of Management Sciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

  • Noureen Fatima

    (Department of Management Sciences, College of Business, King Faisal University, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia)

  • Abdullah Hamoud Ali Seraj

    (Department of Management Sciences, College of Business, King Faisal University, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia)

  • Jehad Abdallah Atieh Afaneh

    (Department of Management Sciences, College of Business, King Faisal University, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine project performance through the sequential mediation of value co-creation and stakeholder satisfaction, as well as the moderate mediation of stakeholder management in construction companies. The data were collected from project-based organizations using a non-probabilistic, convenience sampling technique. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling in Smart PLS V. 4. The results suggest that there is a positive and significant association between agile leadership and project performance. Value co-creation and stakeholder satisfaction both separately and sequentially mediate the association between agile leadership and project performance. It was also revealed that stakeholder management moderates this mediation, such that the relationship between agile leadership and project performance is stronger when stakeholder management is high. The implications for theoretical body of knowledge and practices are aligned with stakeholder theory.

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  • Muhammad Ishfaq Khan & Bushra Shafiq Bangash & Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah & Hamza Shakoor & Noureen Fatima & Abdullah Hamoud Ali Seraj & Jehad Abdallah Atieh Afaneh, 2025. "Leaders, Let’s Get Agile: Examining Project Performance Through Sequential Moderated Mediation of Value Co-Creation and Stakeholder Satisfaction Using the Lens of Agile Leadership," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-30, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jadmsc:v:15:y:2025:i:11:p:407-:d:1776656
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