Impact of Transformational Leadership on Project Success with Mediating role of Trust and Moderating Role of Leader’s Emotional Intelligence: A Case of Project-Based Organization in Pakistan
Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to examine the impact of transformational leadership on employee trust, with the mediating role of faith and moderating part of emotional intelligence on the relationship between transformational leadership style and trust. In the current study, the effect of employee trust on project success and the impact of the leadership style on the employees and project success is also observed. Emotional intelligence and the relationship of transformational leadership on employee trust are also investigated. The combined effect of transformational leadership, emotional intelligence, and employee trust on project success is also analysed in this study. The research uses quantitative approaches to enhance the validity of the study. The study hypotheses were developed by using the deduction process. In this study, there are 226 responses received, so the study's sample size is 226. Multiple data collection approaches were used, including online surveys, in addition to print surveys. The primary goal for information was the country's development enterprises. Various regions are included in this logical study, and different rural and urban areas, where different public or private projects are in running condition. Most respondents were project managers, teachers, team leaders, and graduates from various management professions. The scale was adopted from different studies to check whether the hypothesis will be proved true. The validity and reliability were tested using SPSS and AMOS software. Hypotheses of the study were also tested by the bootstrapping method suggested by Preacher and Hayes (2004), using the PROCESS macro developed by Hayes (2013) in SPSS. The majority of the hypotheses are accepted. The findings show that Project-based organisations rely heavily on their employees to operate at their peak IQ levels to meet their objectives and goals on time, within the described budget, and within the specific time frame for which they were hired to provide a product or service.
Keywords: Project success, Transformational Leadership, Trust, Emotional Intelligence
