Department of Management, Sunway Business School (SBS), Sunway University, No 5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Department of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, Sunway Business School (SBS), Sunway University, No 5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2024 Jul;247:104305. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104305. Epub 2024 May 11.
Globalization and competition drive rapid adoption of new technologies, leading to a rise in complex projects. Project managers need to know how to lead teams through the planning and execution phases of a project while keeping in line with the organization's objectives. In order to successfully manage complex projects, emotional intelligence is an essential leadership quality. Therefore, the present research aimed to investigate the impact of project manager's emotional intelligence (PMEI) on megaprojects China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) success through mediating roles of human-related agile challenges Inventory (HRACI) and project success factors (PSF), and project management as a moderator. The study employed convenience and purposive sampling methods to collect data from 533 project managers working on CPEC projects. The Smart PLS 4 software was utilized to evaluate the hypotheses. The results of this study indicated that the direct effect of a PMEI is not significant on CPEC. However, through mediating variables, HRACI exhibited a negative and significant association, while PSF positively and significantly mediate the relationship among PMEI and CPEC. Furthermore, project management as a moderator has a significant and positive effect on PMEI and PSF, however, insignificant between PMEI and CPEC, and negatively significant among PMEI and HRACI. The findings of this study are of great significance for project managers and project leaders. They will need to acquire the skills to prevent issues from arising, particularly when conflicts emerge, in order to ensure the success of megaproject. Therefore, current study recommend that PMEI appears to have a vital role in social interactions, promoting emotions of trust, efficient communication, and cooperation with other project teams in high-stress work environments like CPEC. Lastly, theoretical and practical contributions are discussed, as well as research constraints and future research directions.
全球化和竞争促使新技术迅速采用，导致复杂项目的增加。项目经理需要了解如何在保持组织目标的同时，领导团队完成项目的规划和执行阶段。为了成功管理复杂项目，情商是领导力的重要素质。因此，本研究旨在通过人际关系敏捷挑战清单（HRACI）和项目成功因素（PSF）的中介作用，以及项目管理作为调节变量，调查项目经理的情商（PMEI）对中巴经济走廊（CPEC）成功的影响。该研究采用便利抽样和目的抽样方法，从 533 名参与 CPEC 项目的项目经理中收集数据。使用 Smart PLS 4 软件评估假设。研究结果表明，PMEI 对 CPEC 的直接影响并不显著。然而，通过中介变量，HRACI 表现出负向显著关系，而 PSF 则正向显著调节 PMEI 和 CPEC 之间的关系。此外，项目管理作为调节变量对 PMEI 和 PSF 具有显著正向影响，但对 PMEI 和 CPEC 以及 PMEI 和 HRACI 之间没有显著影响。本研究的结果对项目经理和项目负责人具有重要意义。他们需要具备预防问题的技能，特别是在冲突出现时，以确保大型项目的成功。因此，本研究建议 PMEI 在社会互动中似乎具有重要作用，促进信任、高效沟通和与 CPEC 等高压力工作环境中的其他项目团队合作的情绪。最后，讨论了理论和实践贡献，以及研究限制和未来研究方向。
