IMPACT OF SHARED LEADERSHIP ON PROJECT SUCCESS: MEDIATING ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Abstract

This study examined the “Impact of Shared Leadership on Project Success with mediating role of Knowledge Sharing and Team Building with moderating effect of Project Complexity”. An analyzed framework was developed to devise and look over the hypotheses to investigate the relationship between defined constructs. Data was gathered from Information Technology organizations of Pakistan i.e., Islamabad and Rawalpindi, also online data were collected. Convenience sampling method was used to accumulate data from 237 participants. The outcome of the study tells that Shared Leadership (SL) is positively associated with Project Success. Moreover, Knowledge Sharing also demonstrate to have a mediating role between Shared Leadership and Project Success. Surprisingly, mediating role of Project Team Building was found insignificant but have positive impact also results indicate that project complexity is negative associated with project success. Additionally, this empirical research anticipates empowering the project managers to explore different techniques or practice new mechanism to understand Project Complexity to get the project success. They should exhibit a mix of different dimensions of project governance in their decision making and methodology for improving team performance.