Psychological Empowerment and Project Success: The Role of Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

This article assessed the relationship between psychological empowerment and project success through direct and indirect effects of knowledge sharing. The assumptions outlined in this article were built on the self-determination theory (SDT). In this article, two surveys were conducted to test the proposed hypotheses. Data for study 1 were collected from employees ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">N</i> = 168) working in the Pakistani telecommunication sector, while data for study 2 were gathered from ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">N</i> = 160) employees working on development sector projects. Time-lagged design was employed to minimize common method bias. As a result, psychological empowerment emerged as a critical factor for the project success both directly and indirectly via knowledge sharing. Hence, this article recommends several theoretical and practical implications for practitioners and academicians.