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Title:The impact of leadership on the project success in non-profit organisations : doctoral dissertation of the third Bologna cycle thesis program in Project management
Authors:ID Saidoun, Amin (Author)
ID Bodea, Constanta Nicoleta (Mentor) More about this mentor... New window
ID Radujković, Mladen (Comentor)
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Language:English
Work type:Doctoral dissertation
Typology:2.08 - Doctoral Dissertation
Organization:UAMEU - Alma Mater Europaea University
Abstract:After an extensive exploration of non-profit organizations (NPOs), it has become evident that the success rate of their managed projects remains low. A key contributing factor is the lack of awareness regarding the crucial role of project management competences in achieving project success. This research endeavours to bridge this awareness gap by delving into the impact of leadership, specifically through Leader-Leader exchange (LLX) and shared values as specific leadership competences, project team result orientation, and personal communication -critical project management competences- on project success within NPOs. The thesis is organized into ten chapters to systematically address the relationship between these competences and project success. After the introduction, in the second chapter, we revisit pivotal success factors in NPO projects. The third chapter presents a mixed research methodological approach, mainly based on structural equation modelling, the bootstrap method, applied to data collected from an international survey conducted between March and May 2023. This survey targeted over 100 NPOs, involving 205 participants. Complementing the quantitative approach, focus groups and ethnographic interviews, as part of the qualitative research method, were conducted to validate and enhance the findings. The fourth chapter describes the assumptions, limitations and restrictions. The fifth chapter summarises the feedback from practice and its discussion. The core findings, presented in the sixth chapter of the dissertation, underscore the significance of leadership and shared values in enhancing project success within NPOs. Notably, personal communication emerges as a crucial moderating variable that amplifies the impact of leadership and shared values on project success. A noteworthy research finding is that the result orientation competence of the project team exhibits a higher influence on project success compared to the positive effect of the project manager's leadership competence. These results, including the development of a research model applied for the first time to NPOs, contribute to valuable insights into the dynamics of project management within NPOs and offer strategic implications for enhancing their project success. Chapters seven, eight and nine describe respectively the discussion of the results, the conclusion and the contribution to science. Chapter ten addresses some recommendations for practice and directions for further research.
Keywords:non-profit organisation, personal communication, project leadership, project success, sharing values, result orientation
Place of publishing:Maribor
Place of performance:Maribor
Publisher:A. Saidoun
Year of publishing:2023
Year of performance:2023
Number of pages:[11] f., 141, [11] str., [19] f. pril., [16] str. pril.
PID:20.500.12556/ReVIS-11547 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:230427139 New window
UDC:005.8(043.3)
Publication date in ReVIS:27.03.2025
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Vpliv vodstva na uspeh projekta v neprofitnih organizacijah
Abstract:Po obsežnem raziskovanju neprofitnih organizacij (NPO) je postalo očitno, da je uspešnost njihovih vodenih projektov nizka. Ključni prispevni dejavnik je pomanjkanje ozaveščenosti glede ključne vloge kompetenc vodenja projektov pri doseganju uspeha projektov. Ta raziskava si prizadeva zapolniti to vrzel v ozaveščenosti, tako da se poglobi v vpliv vodstva, zlasti prek izmenjave med voditeljem (Leader-Leader exchange - LLX) in skupnih vrednot kot specifičnih kompetenc vodenja, rezultatne usmerjenosti projektnega tima ter osebne komunikacije - ključnih kompetenc upravljanja projektov - na uspeh projektov v okviru NPO.Disertacija je razdeljena na deset poglavij, ki sistematično obravnavajo razmerje med temi kompetencami in uspehom projektov. Po uvodu v drugem poglavju ponovno pregledamo ključne dejavnike uspeha v projektih NPO. Tretje poglavje predstavi mešano raziskovalno metodološki pristop, predvsem temelječ na modeliranju strukturnih enačb in metodi bootstrap, ki je bila uporabljena pri podatkih, zbranih med mednarodno anketo, izvedeno med marcem in majem 2023. Anketa je zajemala več kot 100 NPO-jev in vključevala 205 udeležencev. Kot dopolnitev kvantitativnemu pristopu so bile izvedene tudi fokusne skupine in etnografski intervjuji kot del kvalitativne raziskovalne metode, da bi potrdili in poglobili ugotovitve. Četrto poglavje opisuje predpostavke, omejitve in omejitve. Peto poglavje povzema povratne informacije iz prakse in njihovo razpravo. Osnovne ugotovitve, predstavljene v šestem poglavju disertacije, poudarjajo pomembnost vodstva in skupnih vrednot pri izboljšanju uspeha projektov v okviru NPO. Zlasti osebna komunikacija izstopa kot ključna moderacijska spremenljivka, ki povečuje vpliv vodstva in skupnih vrednot na uspeh projekta. Opazna raziskovalna ugotovitev je, da kompetenca projektnega tima za usmerjanje rezultatov kaže večji vpliv na uspeh projekta v primerjavi s pozitivnim učinkom kompetence vodje projekta. Ti rezultati, skupaj z razvojem raziskovalnega modela, ki je bil prvič uporabljen za NPO, prispevajo k dragocenim vpogledom v dinamiko upravljanja projektov v NPO in ponujajo strateške implikacije za izboljšanje uspeha njihovih projektov. Sedmo, osmo in deveto poglavje opisujejo razpravo o rezultatih, zaključek in prispevek k znanosti. Deseto poglavje obravnava nekaj priporočil za prakso in usmeritve za nadaljnje raziskave.
Keywords:neprofitna organizacija, osebna komunikacija, vodstvo projekta, uspeh projekta, deljenje vrednot, usmerjenost k rezultatom


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