Impact of Leadership Styles on Project Success in the Agro-Industry: Case Study of the Cameroon Development Corporation ()
ABSTRACT
Leadership is a critical factor in productive
organizational behaviors and its role in project management cannot be
neglected. The purpose of this study was to explore whether leadership styles
have a positive impact on project success in the agro-industry. The exploratory
case study design was used to investigate this relationship. The participants
were employees of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), between May 1, 2017 and
March 31, 2020. We used convenient, purposeful and stratified sampling techniques
to select the sample of 123 employees. A questionnaire was administered to the
employees to collect data. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested and
the alpha values of each of the three sub-scales of the instrument were greater
than .70. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the
results; in this light, we used the Chi-square statistic to test the
relationships between leadership styles and project success. The results
(presented in tables and figures) revealed that: contingency leadership has a
positive impact on project success in the agro-industry; democratic leadership
has a positive impact on project success in the agro-industry; bureaucratic
leadership has a positive impact on project
success in the agro-industry. The study was discussed within the context
of the current socio-political conflict which is posing difficult leadership
and management challenges in the CDC. The conclusion was
that leadership styles have a positive
impact on project success in the agro-industry in Cameroon, but with
some reservations that the study was conducted only in one agro-industrial and
the results are limited to the type of companies operating in the agro-industry
and having similar characteristics as the CDC. Some areas were suggested for
further research such as: analyzing more corporations in the agro-industry
with different characteristics; and a comparative study to analyze
organizations that are operating in different industries, like telecoms,
schools and public works.
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Elumba, N. (2023) Impact of Leadership Styles on Project Success in the Agro-Industry: Case Study of the Cameroon Development Corporation.
Open Journal of Leadership,
12, 442-496. doi:
10.4236/ojl.2023.124021.
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