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Assessing leader behaviors in project managers

Paul H. Jacques (Management and International Business Department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA)
John Garger (Metronome Computer Services, Binghamton, New York, USA, and)
Michael Thomas (Management and International Business Department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA)

Management Research News

ISSN: 0140-9174

Article publication date: 1 January 2008

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this research was to explore the leadership style of graduate project management students vs other MBA students.

Design/methodology/approach

Graduate project management and MBA students attending a regional comprehensive university in USA returned surveys that assess their leadership style emphasis of concern for task or concern for people.

Findings

Project management students rate themselves significantly higher on the concern for people leadership style and were found to have a balance between the concern for task and concern for people leadership style vs MBA students.

Practical implications

Individuals exhibiting a concern for people leadership style and those with a balance between concern for task and concern for people leadership styles are good candidates for project management positions as well as training/education in project management.

Originality/value

The paper shows that the selection and training of project managers based on bahavioral tendencies can relate to project success.

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Citation

Jacques, P.H., Garger, J. and Thomas, M. (2008), "Assessing leader behaviors in project managers", Management Research News, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/01409170810845912

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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