Abstract:
This nonexperimental explanatory study was designed to investigate the relationship between two constructs, servant leadership and project management success, and their various dimensions. The sample included project management practitioners (managers of projects, programs, or portfolios) with experience in project management and servant leadership, over the age of 18, and without specificity to gender, ethnicity, race, education, income, certification, or membership in project management organizations. The two survey instruments consisted of the SLP-R, 62 questions, self-administered, utilizing a 7-point Likert scale and the PIP, 100 questions, self-administered, utilizing a 10-point Likert scale to record responses. The SLP-R survey questions were self-assessed leadership questions related to participants managing their teams. The PIP survey contained 10 sections of were self-assessed questions related to different phases of projects the participants managed. Seventy-six usable surveys were used. The examination of the constructs included Pearson's and Spearman rho correlations along with stepwise multiple regression to determine the explanatory relationship of continuous variables. Results indicated that the courageous leadership dimension of servant leadership had a significant correlation with the client consultation and technical tasks dimensions of project management success. The results aligned with previous studies that purport a natural connection between servant leadership and project management.
|