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Transformational Leadership and Project Success: Serial Mediation of Team-Building and Teamwork
This research investigates the impact of transformational leadership (TL) style on projectsuccess (PS) in the indirect effect of serial mediation of team-building and teamworkquality (TWQ). A quantitative research approach was used for this study. Data weregathered from 374 professional information system development (ISD) project managersin Pakistan. The hypotheses were tested using regression analysis with bootstrapping.Both team-building and teamwork independently and serially mediate the relationshipbetween the TL and PS of the project managers, respectively. The TL style of the projectmanager intensifies PS with team-building practices (TBP) and TWQ. The TL boostsTWQ in terms of communication, coordination, and cohesion to achieve a successfulproject. The findings suggest that TL is associated with PS through serial mediation ofteam-building and teamwork. No research to date has used this nascent methodologyto explore the association between TL and PS.