Effect of Project Managers’ Leadership Behaviour on Construction Project Success in FCT, Abuja

Success or failure depend on the kind of the Project Manager for a particular project. The research aimed at evaluating the effect of project managers’ leadership behaviour on construction project success in FCT, Abuja. Quantitative (descriptive survey) research design was adopted with the used of questionnaire to sought information from the respondents of the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods of data analyses were adopted for the data analyses using a software called Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 23). The research concluded that: project managers in FCT, Abuja exhibit Autocratic leadership behaviour in the building construction project with sensitive to team members behaviour, good communicator behavior, and good planner and organizer behaviour as the most project managers’ good leadership behaviours in the study area; there is a moderate level of construction project success achieved by project managers with quality of the building construction project product, safety efficiency dimension, and cash-flow management of building construction projects as the three most high-level success achieved by project managers in the study area; and, there is a very strong positive correlation and significant predictor between construction project effectiveness and building construction project success (R = 78.3%; F = 83.987; Sig. = 0.000) with Beta-value = 0.780 buttressing the project managers’ leadership behaviour having a strong positive effect on project effectiveness. The research recommended that: project managers should focus on developing their leadership skills to improve project results and be able to carry all the building construction projects team along as they are the driver of project responsible for its success or failure; project managers in collaborations of all the professional bodies should strive hard to always think ahead and proffer solutions to unforeseen problems even before it arises as to ensure success at all run; government and all the stakeholders in building industry should ensure enabling play ground with flexible policies and regulations with more resources support for the construction project team to ensure level of success that can help in driving and contributes to the nation’s economy; and all construction firms should invest in leadership development programs to improve project managers’ capabilities as leadership lead to either success or failure of project.