Research On The Impact Of Engineering Project Manager’s Paradoxical Leadership On Team Performance

With China’s economy entering a high-quality development stage,the construction industry gradually forms a new development pattern,the concentration ratio is rising,the scale and number of construction projects contracted by construction enterprises is increasing year by year,and the engineering project performance receives more and more attention.As the main body of project management,the project team plays a key role in achieving performance,so how to improve team performance has become the focus of scholars.The research on hard power,such as management system and scientific method,has been relatively mature,and relevant research results have been applied and achieved obvious results;soft power,such as leadership,team culture,as well plays an important role in improving team performance,but related research in this field is relatively lacking.As the leading core of project team,project manager can shape excellent team culture,motivate team members to complete tasks,and thus improve team performance.Therefore,project manager leadership behavior is critical.From the perspective of empirical research,this article explores the complex relationship between project manager leadership behavior,team culture,team member behavior and project team performance,by testing the applicability of traditional theory in the context of engineering project team,so as to provide reference for project builders.First of all,through the question-driven apporach,this article carrys out literature induction,sorts out the concepts of Zhong-yong thinking,paradoxical leadership,team culture,behavioral integration and team performance.The mechanism,between project manager leadership behavior,team member behavioral integration and team performance in the context of engineering projects,is analyzed,which mainly answers the questions of “which leadership style should project manager adopt?”“What factors drive and transform team members?”“How to improve team performance by influencing team members?”.Secondly,based on theoretical analysis,the hypothesis and model of “paradoxical leadership-behavioral integration-team performance” is proposed,and the team members Zhong-yong thinking is used as a moderator between paradoxical leadership and behavioral integration.Paradoxical leadership includes UI(Uniformly/Individualization),CA(Control/Autonomy),RF(Requirements/Flexibility),and behavioral integration includes collaborative behavior and information exchange,joint decision making.Thirdly,the maturity scale is modified,the data is collected and then processed by PLS-SEM,and the hypothesis is tested.The conclusions are as follows: project manager paradoxical leadership has a positive impact on team member behavioral integration;team member behavioral integration positively affects team performance;team member Zhong-yong thinking positively moderates the impact of paradoxical leadership on behavioral integration.In response to project manager leadership behavior,relevant suggestions to promote team performance are put forward.Finally,research implications are explored,limitations are analyzed,and future research directions are proposed.