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Farida Saleem1, Muhammad Imran Malik2, Shabir Hyder2
1Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Project success is the backbone of competitiveness and sustainability. The study aims to examine the role of cronyism in the relationship between toxic leadership and project success while taking information technology projects as the study context. Cross-sectional data (n = 240) was collected through closed-ended survey questionnaires to record the responses of IT project employees. The structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was used for analyzing the collected data. Results revealed a negative relationship between toxic leadership and project success, while cronyism positively and significantly mediated the relationship and converted the negative relationship between TL and PS to a positive relationship.
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