The mediating role of Stakeholder Engagement on the relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Agricultural Project Performance in Developing Countries

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to develop a theoretical model that orchestrates the relationship between stakeholder engagement, entrepreneurial orientation, and agricultural project performance in developing countries. The paper adopts the Med Graph and Sobel tests of mediation effect to develop a mediation model of agricultural project performance. The study draws on quantitative and crosssectional research approaches. Random sampling technique was used to select the agricultural projects and purposive sampling was applied to select the respondents. The results reveal that stakeholder engagement and entrepreneurial orientation are invaluable resources that significantly affect agricultural project performance. The study empirically shows that stakeholder engagement and entrepreneurial orientation are significant predictors of project performance for agricultural projects in developing countries. This study makes a contribution to knowledge through the provision of relevant information that fills the practical gaps of agricultural projects in developing countries and makes a theoretical contribution to the project management discipline. This enables practitioners and scholars to comprehend and legitimize decisions that foster sustainable agricultural project performance in developing countries.