Leadership in Civil Engineering: Effects of Project Managers’ Leadership Styles on Project Performance
2015 (English)In: Journal of Management in Engineering, ISSN 0742-597X, E-ISSN 1943-5479, Vol. 31, no 6, article id 4015011Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Successful completion of a construction project requires the ability to coordinate activities of numerous individuals participating in tasks that often have high levels of complexity and uncertainty. Thus, the project manager plays crucial roles, often setting the ground rules and fostering a collective approach that strongly influence project performance. However, there are uncertainties regarding various aspects of project managers’ influence, particularly related to their leadership style. Thus, the research reported in this paper explores the degrees to which leadership styles affect project outcome and specific leadership styles are appropriate in specific types of situations. The analysis is based on a questionnaire survey of views of 162 project managers employed by the largest public infrastructure client in Sweden. The results indicate that project performance (in terms of cost, time, and quality) is affected by leadership, suggesting that the project manager’s leadership style is a significant project success factor. Further, the results show that certain styles are appropriate in different situations, highlighting the importance of a contingency perspective
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. Vol. 31, no 6, article id 4015011
National Category
Construction Management Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Construction Engineering and Management; Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-6642DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000367ISI: 000363088800026Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84944706626Local ID: 4e35c651-0a70-472e-81d9-a931ee551bd3OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-6642DiVA, id: diva2:979528
Note
Validerad; 2015; Nivå 2; 20150413 (ojajoh);
For correction, see: Johan Larsson, Per Erik Eriksson, Thomas Olofsson, Peter Simonsson, (2016). Erratum for “Leadership in Civil Engineering: Effects of Project Managers’ Leadership Styles on Project Performance” by Johan Larsson, Per Erik Eriksson, Thomas Olofsson, and Peter Simonsson. Journal of Management in Engineering. 32(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000446
2016-09-292016-09-292024-03-18Bibliographically approved