The Impact of Varying Styles of Leadership on Team Dynamics and Project Success

Harmandeep Kaur; Adnan Ul Haque; Pavlos Gkasis

doi:10.23762/FSO_VOL12_NO3_3

Published : 2024-09-30

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024)

The Impact of Varying Styles of Leadership on Team Dynamics and Project Success

Harmandeep Kaur

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3876-2104

Adnan Ul Haque

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2051-8635

Pavlos Gkasis

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0835-9155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL12_NO3_3

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The present study examines the impact that distinct styles of leadership have on team dynamics and project success. By combining purposive, convenience, and networking sampling techniques to avoid overreliance on one single sampling technique, we used partial least squares structural equation modelling on a sample of 188 responses obtained from a semi-structured matrix-based questionnaire. Our findings revealed that autocratic leadership has no significant impact on team dynamics or project success. All other styles considered (i.e. servant leadership, agile leadership, ethical leadership, and laissez-faire leadership) have a statistically significant impact on team dynamics and project success. Furthermore, servant leadership and agile leadership have a strong positive correlation with team dynamics and project success, whereas ethical leadership exhibits a moderate positive linkage with team dynamics and project success. Laissez-faire leadership and autocratic leadership have weak positive correlations with team dynamics and project success. Lastly, team dynamics impact project outcomes in a statistically significant manner. Our analysis concludes that the most effective leadership style among all the above is servant leadership, which has a statistically significant positive impact on team dynamics and project success.

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leadership style; teams dynamics; project success; project management.

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Kaur, H., Haque, A. U., & Gkasis, P. (2024). The Impact of Varying Styles of Leadership on Team Dynamics and Project Success. Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 12(3), 51–69. https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL12_NO3_3

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