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Do Project Managers' Emotional Leadership Competencies Affect the Success of Public Sector Projects in Pakistan?

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  • Riaz Ahmed

    (Bahria University, Pakistan)

  • Khalid Mahmood Lodhi

    (National Institute of Management, Pakistan)

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The importance of abilities and skills associated with the emotional leadership competencies has been discussed in project management literature. Project managers equipped with the emotional leadership competencies should be better in solving the challenges and problems to enhance project outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of project manager's emotional leadership competencies in the success of public sector projects. For this purpose, a survey-based methodology using cross-sectional design was adopted to collect data from 150 respondents from the public sector of Pakistan. The respondents of this study were the project managers/directors of information technology and telecommunication projects from the public sector of Pakistan. This quantitative study analyzed the data for reliability and validity of the constructs. To test research hypotheses, correlation and regression analyses were employed. Findings indicated significant impact of project manager's emotional leadership competencies on successful completion of Public sector projects in Pakistan.

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  • Riaz Ahmed & Khalid Mahmood Lodhi, 2021. "Do Project Managers' Emotional Leadership Competencies Affect the Success of Public Sector Projects in Pakistan?," International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), IGI Global, vol. 12(2), pages 83-98, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jitpm0:v:12:y:2021:i:2:p:83-98
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