Revisiting the relationship between sustainable project management and project success: The moderating role of stakeholder engagement and team building

This paper examines the relationship between sustainable project management (SPM) and project success with the moderating effect of stakeholder engagement and team building on this relationship. A structured survey questionnaire technique was applied for data collection and 323 responses were received from project management professionals in Pakistan. The results revealed that SPM has a positive impact on project success. However, the effects of stakeholder engagement and team building were found insignificant. Accordingly, this paper contributes to SPM literature by demonstrating the relationship between SPM and project success in a developing world context. From a practical viewpoint, firms need to consider SPM from a holistic perspective by embracing and incorporating key sustainability aspects into various project life-cycle stages. To this end, project managers not only need to promote stakeholder engagement and team-building strategies, but also scrutinize all important project decisions from a sustainability lens to further enhance SPM outcomes and create a meaningful value proposition for each stakeholder group, which are increasingly recognized as critical issues for project success.

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The study shows that sustainable project management has a positive impact on project success, although the effects of stakeholder engagement and team-building are not significant. Companies should consider sustainable project management holistically and promote stakeholder engagement and team-building to enhance project management outcomes and create meaningful value propositions for stakeholders.