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Impact of Work Ethics and Work Environment on Project Success with the Moderating Role of Job Engagement

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There are many projects going on in global business. Work ethics and work environment is very important because employee’s behavior strongly contribute to the success of the project in global business. The objective of this study to examine the impact of work ethics work environment with moderating role of job engagement on project success in project-based organization of Pakistan. Survey method is used to collect data from the managers along with their employees from different organizations in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Managers are selected because they are considered the most knowledgeable personnel of the organizations who can provide reliable data. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 250 targeted individuals’ through covariance sampling technique. The questionnaire was followed by the interview to overcome the ambiguities. The response rate was 96.4% which shows the interest of the targeted population and the importance of the study. To check the reliability, we applied internal consistency reliability, correlation. Furthermore, to test the posit hypothesis, was used regression analysis as a statistical analysis technique for measuring the nature and intensity of relationship between work ethics, working environment, work engagement and project success. The study shows that there is a positive direct relation between independent and dependent variables like work ethics, work environment, work engagement and project success. The study concludes that work ethics and work environment is very important for project success. The current study leads to the solid awareness towards the identification of work ethics, working environment, work engagement and their association with the project success.

Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjbm.20210901.12
Page(s) 15-25
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Work Ethics, Work Environment, Job Engagement, Project Success

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