...Guangchong Chen; Zirui Li; Chengcheng Jiang; Qiming Li; Wei Li Purpose Leadership is indispensable in building information modeling (BIM)-enabled construction projects ( BECPs ). However, BIM use complicates managerial leadership, making a single leadership approach insufficient. Existing...

...Yanchun Zhang; Luyao Cao; Junwei Zheng; Ming Shan Purpose Project managers’ (PMs) emotional intelligence (EI), transformational leadership style (TFL), and leader-member exchange (LMX) are known to be critical determinants of project outcomes. However, as of yet, there is no scholarly consensus...

... in the construction sector are lagging the list of early adopters. The slow rate of a fundamental digital transformation is being linked to the challenges facing an effective leadership. The purpose of this paper is, therefore, to shed light on the barriers to digital leadership enactment in the construction industry...

.../followers to do things unconventionally. It inspires them to think outside the box and pursue creativity by stepping away from the conventional way of doing things. Li et al. (2019) observed that “humor is one kind of creativity itself; that is, humorous leadership gives way to creativity...

...Ge Wang; Giorgio Locatelli; Huijin Zhang; Jingyuan Wan; Yufan Chen Purpose Organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBEs) represent a crucial element of environmental sustainability for a wide range of organizations. However, the leadership mechanisms underlying OCBEs are as yet...

...Lan Luo; Limao Zhang; Xian Zheng; Guangdong Wu Purpose This paper proposes a novel hybrid simulation approach that incorporates the structural equation model (SEM) and system dynamics (SD) to investigate the impacts of leadership dynamics on project performance under different scenarios. Design...

... management to provide tangible support in terms of providing more resources for the skill base to develop further and seek better ways of developing creative solutions. The main conclusion provided evidence that leadership has positively influenced the climate for innovation and as a result delivered...

...Riaz Ahmed; Simon P. Philbin; Farooq-e-Azam Cheema Purpose Over the last few decades, a large number of research studies have been carried out on project manager's leadership competencies. However, systematic literature reviews are still scarce in the project management literature. Therefore...

...Helen Lingard; Rita Peihua Zhang; David Oswald Purpose The leadership style and communication practices of supervisors in the Australian construction industry were measured. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of leadership style and communication practices of Australian...

... safety implementation (starting at a basic level of safety culture maturity) should primarily focus on enhancing leadership attributes, in the context of safety, to rapidly and successfully progress through to higher maturity levels in the future. Practical implications The use of system dynamic...

...Shamas‐ur‐Rehman Toor; Stephen Ogunlana Purpose A large portion of the extant literature on leadership focuses only on the positive traits of leaders. However, the so‐called “dark side of leadership”, or negative personal traits of leaders, has received relatively less attention. Also, in practice...

...Shamas‐ur‐Rehman Toor; George Ofori Purpose Researchers have traditionally focused on the technical and managerial features of construction projects and have tended to ignore the subject of leadership. However, recent interest in the subject has resulted in global research initiatives that aspire...

...Kedsuda Limsila; Stephen O. Ogunlana Purpose This study aims to examine how project managers' leadership styles and subordinates' organisational commitment correlates with leadership outcomes and work performance of subordinates on construction projects. It provides significant value for both...