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Abstract
This study is to investigate the importance of a project manager’s (PM) leadership in Information Technology (IT) projects as the complexity of such projects increases by addressing the following main research question: How do PM leadership and different complexities affect the successful completion of IT project? Specifically, this study focuses on PM leadership (transformational and transactional behaviors) in delivering intended outcomes meeting the scope of the project under different layers of inherent complexities (complexity of faith, facts, and interaction), using cross-industry data collected from 111 IT project business professionals. Preliminary findings reinforced the importance of a PM’s leadership and provided strong indications for how PM leadership and IT project complexity affect IT project scope, respectively. The next step is to further explore the role of project complexity (moderating or mediating) to refine such nomological framework.
Recommended Citation
Eom, Mike Taein, "Importance of Project Manager’s Leadership in IT Project Scope: Empirical Study" (2020). AMCIS 2020 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2020/is_leadership/is_leadership/1
Importance of Project Manager’s Leadership in IT Project Scope: Empirical Study
This study is to investigate the importance of a project manager’s (PM) leadership in Information Technology (IT) projects as the complexity of such projects increases by addressing the following main research question: How do PM leadership and different complexities affect the successful completion of IT project? Specifically, this study focuses on PM leadership (transformational and transactional behaviors) in delivering intended outcomes meeting the scope of the project under different layers of inherent complexities (complexity of faith, facts, and interaction), using cross-industry data collected from 111 IT project business professionals. Preliminary findings reinforced the importance of a PM’s leadership and provided strong indications for how PM leadership and IT project complexity affect IT project scope, respectively. The next step is to further explore the role of project complexity (moderating or mediating) to refine such nomological framework.
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