Time Flies When You are Having Fun: The Mediating Effects of Project Opportunity Management in the Relationship Between Project Leaders’ Self-Efficacy and Multidimensional Project Success

Zaman, Umer; Naeni, Leila; ul Huda, Noor; Khwaja, Muddasar Ghani

Abstract

Numerous studies have linked various leadership styles with project success; however, the role of project leaders’ self-efficacy and project opportunity management has been rarely studied. The present study examines the effects of project leaders’ self-efficacy on multidimensional project success through project opportunity management. Drawing on data of 386 project professionals, the hypothesized relationships were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) via MPlus. Empirical findings support that project opportunity management helps to explain and predict the relationship between project leaders’ self-efficacy and project success. The study extends project management literature by presenting a new model of multidimensional project success.

Citation

Zaman, U., Naeni, L., ul Huda, N., & Khwaja, M. G. (2022). Time Flies When You are Having Fun: The Mediating Effects of Project Opportunity Management in the Relationship Between Project Leaders’ Self-Efficacy and Multidimensional Project Success. Project Management Journal, 54(2), 132-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728221134524

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 1, 2022
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2025
• Journal: Project Management Journal
• Print ISSN: 8756-9728
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 132-148
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728221134524
• Keywords: leadership self-efficacy, project opportunity management, multidimensional project success, structural equation modeling (SEM), Mplus
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1017970
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/87569728221134524