The Leadership Profile of Nigerian Construction Project Managers
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Sharif University of Technology
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The study aimed at presenting the leadership characteristics of Nigerian
construction professionals involved as team leaders on building projects. Sixty construction
project managers who were based in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja were selected
for the study. A questionnaire was designed to collect data on 11 variables pertaining to
the leaders including professional grouping, age, educational and professional quali�cations,
industrial experience, overseas training, overall training, personality, leadership style, style
range and effectiveness. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis of the data
obtained. One-way analysis of variance and Chi-square were used to test the study
hypotheses. Notable findings include: Majority of the project leaders exhibited consensus
leadership style, overwhelming majority style range support high task/high relationship
behaviour; there was no significant relationship between the project leader's professional
background and his leadership style, and there was no significant relationship between
project leader's professional background and effectiveness.
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TH Building construction