| Abstract: | In project management, project managers’ competencies and their leadership style are found to
be central to their success. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of leadership roles
on successful completion of construction projects at selected construction organization in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. The research had a cross-sectional explanatory design that utilized a
quantitative data generated through administering a self-completion structured questionnaire
distributed to sampled respondents (n=90). Of the distributed questionnaires 75 correctly filled
and returned to the researcher. Descriptive and regression analysis performed on the collected
data using the statistical package for the social sciences tool. The result showed that leadership
roles such as mentor role, facilitator role, innovator role, coordinator role, producer role,
director role have positively and significantly influencing the successful completion of
construction projects whereas mentor role and broker role found to have a negative and
insignificant influence on project success in the study population. The researcher recommended
that Project managers should give attention to six leadership roles found to have a positive a
positive and significant influence on success of construction projects, construction leaders,
should up grade communication skills, problem-solving abilities, decision-making skills, and the
ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders for betterment of the leadership role in their
respective projects. .Moreover continuous education and training should be given in leadership
management for projects managers in their respective projects. |
