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    Evaluation of leadership styles for effective construction project delivery in Nigeria
    (Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2023-02) Odenigbo, Uzodinma Ernest
    Leadership has been identified as a key factor in project management. This study is therefore focused on an evaluation of leadership styles for effective delivery of construction projects in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, a quantitative research design was adopted for the study on a secondary data of forty (40) projects executed by four construction companies in Abuja spanning from 1999 to 2017. The study is anchored on visionary leadership, contingency, agency and stakeholder theories as the framework through which leadership styles were evaluated for effective construction projects delivery. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and project earned values were adopted as statistical tools for the analysis of the data. The earned values of the projects were analysed to determine the respective contribution of the leadership styles to construction project delivery. The findings indicated that project managers for different construction projects adopted specific leadership styles with autocratic leadership being the prevalent leadership style employed by the project managers. Autocratic leadership style gave rise to high compliance from project team members. Application of appropriate leadership styles by project managers for different construction projects is recommended for effective project delivery. The study further provided a basis for project leadership as a construct in project management curriculum.