Leadership Behavior of Project Managers in Sustainable Construction Projects

The construction industry has been perceived as dominant in stirring to move societies for sustainable development in an international framework. As a result of a theoretical perspective, this research extends leadership competencies as hierarchical, reflective constructs, integrating eight involved components. The analysis was done making use of a sample of 70 project managers in eco-friendly building projects. The results exhibits that the leadership competencies of project managers as second-order reflective constructs end up with considerable direct influences on success criteria for sustainable buildings. Furthermore, the outcomes suggest that the intellectual competence of project managers represents the most considerable factor on sustainable building accomplishments. On the whole, this research ends by going over the findings, methodological inferences, limitations, and prospective recommendations for further research. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.