Project leadership style of women project managers in construction firms in Accra
| dc.contributor.author | Menyisse, Richard Kojo | |
| dc.contributor.author | ||
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-05T09:45:27Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-19T04:16:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-05T09:45:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-19T04:16:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07-05 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award Of A Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This current study was aimed at investigating the project leadership styles of women in the road construction industry of Ghana. Five leadership styles were assessed, namely transformational styles, transactional, autocratic, democratic and laissez faire. Objectives for the study included; to identify the leadership styles that is adopted by women project managers in road construction industry; to identify leadership challenges that women project managers face in the industry, and to identify effective ways that leadership challenges of women project managers can be curtailed. In order to achieve the specific objective for the study data was gathered from 50 women selected across various road construction companies in Accra. This number of respondents was achieved using the convenience sampling techniques to draw out respondents who are willing and ready to provide information for the course of the study. A structured research instrument in the form of questionnaires was administered to women in road construction companies selected across Accra. Data was collected after two weeks and IBM SPSS (version, 20) was used in the coding, analysis and display of results. Interpretations were given for each segment of the analysis and results were discussed in line with previous literature. The findings of the research indicated that transformational style of leadership was mostly adopted while laissez faire style of leadership was the least adopted by women project managers. Results also showed that the leadership challenges that women project managers face include the perception that women do not have the expertise in construction hence their ability is often downplayed. The study concludes that setting clear objectives and collaborative approaches is an effective way to curtail these challenges. The study recommends that employees within the construction sector should be schooled on the ability of women as project managers to reduce the stigmatization faced by these women project managers. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14218 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women project managers | en_US |
| dc.subject | leadership style | en_US |
| dc.subject | Road construction | en_US |
| dc.title | Project leadership style of women project managers in construction firms in Accra | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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