Effects of transformational leadership and organizational climate on project performance in industrial revolution 5.0: a systematic literature review
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
ISSN: 1726-0531
Article publication date: 12 September 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The relationships between transformational leadership (TL), organizational climate (OC) and project performance have been investigated by previous studies, but no review of existing studies has systematically analyzed the effects of TL and OC on project performance in the industrial revolution (IR) 5.0 era. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a systematic literature review on the effects of TL and OC on project performance in IR 5.0, and to identify mainstream research topics, research gaps and future research directions.
Design/methodology/approach
To do this, a total of 53 included journal articles were obtained after initially retrieving 648 documents from the Scopus database by following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. It consists of four main steps, namely, identification of documents, screening, eligibility and included articles. In addition, science mapping analyses were conducted for keyword co-occurrence and document analyses, which aided in identifying the mainstream research topics, research gaps and future research directions.
Findings
The results report the annual publication trends, keywords and document analyses. Furthermore, a detailed qualitative discussion highlighted four mainstream research topics including TL in project management; the relationship between TL, OC and innovation; safety climate; and OC in project management. Moreover, this review study identified four research gaps and future research directions aligned with the mainstream research topics. They include: longitudinal investigations and multinational corporation surveys in TL; scope and longitudinal data in innovation; mono-method bias and universality of safety climate; and more comprehensive analyses of OC.
Originality/value
This review study would contribute to not only advancing the effects of TL and OC on project performance in IR 5.0, but also enabling project managers to understand TL or OC issues to improve project performance.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, UK, for supporting this research. The authors are also grateful to the editor and reviewers for their comments in improving the quality of this paper. This paper forms part of the first author’s research project where similar research backgrounds but different scopes and/or analyses may have been published.
Declaration of interest statement: The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.
Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Citation
Yang, Y., Antwi-Afari, M.F., Imran, M. and Kong, L. (2024), "Effects of transformational leadership and organizational climate on project performance in industrial revolution 5.0: a systematic literature review", Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-01-2024-0078
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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