Effect of Democratic Leadership on Project Success in Higher Education Sector
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https://doi.org/10.22555/pbr.v26i1.1045Keywords:
Democratic Leadership , project success , Higher Education , quantitative studyAbstract
This paper investigates the leadership practices in the Higher Education Commission projects of Punjab, Pakistan. Democratic Leadership looks the most appropriate in the world but it has not been investigated in the Pakistan Higher Education Sector projects. The research approach in this study is positive therefore it is a quantitative study. The sample size is only 86 because the target population of this paper is the higher education sector of the Punjab province. In this research, SPSS has been used for the data analysis. The reliability and regression tests were performed. The results indicate that the Democratic leadership significantly impact the project success. This research is cross sectional as data was collected one time, though in future this research will be conducted in whole Pakistan and then South Asia.
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