Title: Servant leadership and megaproject citizenship behaviour: the mediating role of psychological ownership
Authors: Deribe Assefa Aga
Addresses: Department of Public Management, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the linkage between servant leadership and project citizenship behaviour through the mediating role of project psychological ownership. Results of a field survey of 338 randomly selected project employees who worked at a hydroelectric power project in Ethiopia show that servant leadership has a significant positive effect on project citizenship behaviour. The study also finds that psychological ownership plays a mediating role in the relationship between servant leadership and project citizenship behaviour. These findings add insights to the existing project management literature by showing how citizenship in (mega) projects can be promoted. The paper discusses the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.
Keywords: megaproject; servant leadership; psychological ownership; project citizenship behaviour; PCB.
DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2024.140411
International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2024 Vol.16 No.3, pp.369 - 395
Received: 25 Mar 2023
Accepted: 07 Oct 2023
Published online: 07 Aug 2024 *