Emotional Intelligence and Project Success in Construction Projects

Abstract

Project complexity either technical or human in any project leads to a substantial increase in the challenges faced by the project managers. Draw upon the affective event theory, the research intentions to explore the nexus between emotional intelligence (EI) and project success (PS) with a mediating role of employee job satisfaction (JS). Data was collected by distributing 500 questionnaires among the construction sector project workers from which 356 employees responded. Results of the study revealed that EI has a significant influence on PS, whereas JS partially mediates the linkage between EI and PS. Hence, from the results, it is enough evidence to state that project managers (PM) should be well-aware of the concepts pertains to EI so that they can initiate more human cum project-oriented programs to make a project successful in multifaceted project conditions.