Assessing Effect of Leadership Qualities of Project Managers on Project Success: The Case of Selected Humanitarian Actors in Ethiopia
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The goal of this study is to Assess the effect of project manager leadership qualities on project success in the case of a selected humanitarian organization operating in Ethiopia, with specific objectives to determine the importance of the project manager's personal trait, emotional intelligence, technical, and soft skills for project success among a selected humanitarian organization. The study employed quantitative cross-sectional study where it used structured questioners adopted from previous similar studies and books to get representative sample from 108 project managers and project team members were interviewed for primary data for the study by applying simple rand sampling technics of data collection. Before data analysis sample's adequacy, reliability, and validity of the scale all met the requirements. Study showed that there is positive and strong relationship between project success and personal trait, soft skills as well as technical skills of a project managers. The study discovered a link between project manager leadership qualities and project success, with project managers' technical and soft skills having the greatest impact. The study's findings are crucial for policymakers who seek to adopt policies to improve project leadership. The findings of this study will also add to the body of knowledge about critical project manager leadership skills. According to the findings of this study, senior management should be aware of the importance of personal traits, emotional intelligence, and soft and technical leadership talents when selecting a project manager. Because the current study only looked at four areas of project management leadership: personal qualities, emotional intelligence, technical capabilities, and soft skills, the researchers suggested that more research be done to identify other factors that contribute to project success.
Key words: project success, personal traits, emotional intelligence, soft skills, technical skills