Abstract
In this paper, we develop and test a model of the relationships between mega-project leaders personal attributes and their ratings of project success in the context of the Australian defense industry. In our model, emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and systemic thinking were hypothesized to be related to project success ratings, mediated by internal and external stakeholder relationships. We tested the model in an online survey study of 373 mega-project leaders. Results were that emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility were found to be related to the quality of mega-project leaders relationships with both internal and external stakeholders; and that these relationships in turn were found to be associated with the project leaders ratings of project success. We found however that systemic thinking had no relationship with either stakeholder relationships or ratings of project success. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings and make recommendations for future research. In particular, additional research is needed to examine the contribution of a wider range of competencies on stakeholder relationships and project success in mega- projects, and that there is also a need for research in future to attempt to use more objective ratings of project success.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceeding, Academy of Management 2013 Annual Meeting, AOM 2013 |
| Publisher | Academy of Management |
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| Publication status | Published - 23 Feb 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2013 - Lake Buena Vista, USA Duration: 1 Jan 2013 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2013 |
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| Period | 1/01/13 → … |
| Other | August 10-12 2013 |