%0 Journal Article
%T Transformational Leadership and Project Success: Mediating Role of Team-Building and Moderating Effect of Top Management Support
%A Mohamed Ali Hedhili
%A Sami Boudabbous
%J Journal of Organizational Behavior Research
%@ 2528-9705
%D 2025
%V 10
%N 4
%R 10.51847/v0nJxbQmOf
%P 116-129
%X This study investigates the influence of transformational leadership (TL) on project success (PS), highlighting team building (TB) as a mediating factor and top management support (TMS) as a conditional moderator. Surveying 534 Tunisian project managers from different industrial sectors, the results show that TL enhances PS both directly and indirectly through TB. Notably, TMS significantly strengthens this relationship in low-support contexts, although its effect diminishes when organizational support is average or high. The findings emphasize the importance of cultivating TL skills among project managers to foster collaboration, innovation, and collective commitment within project teams. Additionally, proactive top management involvement is crucial, particularly in resource-constrained environments. Integrating effective team-building strategies, such as clear goal setting, role clarification, and trust development, with leadership and organizational support optimizes project outcomes and operational effectiveness. This research contributes to project management literature by linking leadership behaviors, team dynamics, and organizational support within an integrated framework, offering valuable guidance for improving leadership effectiveness, managerial decision-making, and project performance across diverse organizational environments.
%U https://odad.org/article/transformational-leadership-and-project-success-mediating-role-of-team-building-and-moderating-effe-plksq47hw3e16dc