Toxic Leadership and Project Success: Underpinning the Role of Cronyism

Project success is the backbone of competitiveness and sustainability. The study aims to examine the role of cronyism in the relationship between toxic leadership and project success while taking information technology projects as the study context. Cross-sectional data (n = 240) was collected throu...

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Published inBehavioral sciences Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 427
Main Authors Saleem, Farida, Malik, Muhammad Imran, Hyder, Shabir, Perveen, Ambrin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 31.10.2022
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Subjects
Behavior
cronyism
Developing countries
Employees
Failure
information technology projects
LDCs
Leadership
Nepotism
Project management
project success
Social exchange theory
Social networks
Social research
Success
toxic leadership
Work environment
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Summary:Project success is the backbone of competitiveness and sustainability. The study aims to examine the role of cronyism in the relationship between toxic leadership and project success while taking information technology projects as the study context. Cross-sectional data (n = 240) was collected through closed-ended survey questionnaires to record the responses of IT project employees. The structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was used for analyzing the collected data. Results revealed a negative relationship between toxic leadership and project success, while cronyism positively and significantly mediated the relationship and converted the negative relationship between TL and PS to a positive relationship.
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ISSN:2076-328X
2076-328X
DOI:10.3390/bs12110427