The Effect of Project Leadership on Project Success in Selected Project –Based Organizations in Ethiopia
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2023-01-03
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The general objective of the study is to examine the effect of leadership style on project success in the case of selected governmental and non-governmental organizations. The study deployed descriptive and explanatory research designs. Sample respondents were selected from project management division of the selected organizations. A total of 160 respondents were selected as a respondent of this study. The data collection instrument employed was closed ended structured questionnaire containing 52 questions of five-point Likert scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis techniques. The analysis of the structured items was done by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version-24. Out of the 160-questionnaire distributed to the sample respondents, 143 questionnaires were returned properly filed, making response rate was 80.3 percent, which is adequate enough to come up with valid study findings. The descriptive analysis indicates that Transformational, Participative and Supportive Leadership Styles are the three most dominantly practiced leadership styles in the case organizations, respectively. Whereas Laissez-faire, Transactional and Instrumental Leadership Styles are the three less practiced leadership styles, respectively. The correlation analysis result confirmed that Transformational, Supportive, Participative and Instrumental Leadership Styles have strong and positive association with project success at 1 percent significant level. On the other hand, Transactional leadership style has exhibited moderate and positive association with the dependent variable on the project success at 1 percent significant level. In contrast, the regression analysis result revealed that Transformational, Participative and Supportive Leadership styles have positive and statistically significant impact on Project success in the case Organization, while Laissez-faire Leadership Style has negative and statistically significant impact on Project success in the case Organizations. Therefore, in order to enhance project success, the management of Organization has to make various efforts to improve leadership styles by focusing on improving the practices of those with positive impacts and avoiding those with negative effect on the of success projects.