Leadership Styles, Teamwork and Performance of Youth Livelihood Projects in Zombo District.
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2025-08-04
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Makerere University Business School
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This study investigated the relationship between leadership styles, teamwork, and performance of youth livelihood projects (YLP) in Zombo District Local Government. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was employed using quantitative approach. Data were collected from 168 project beneficiaries and implementers through structured questionnaires. The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between leadership styles and teamwork (r = 0.784, p < 0.01), and between teamwork and project performance (r = 0.857, p < 0.01). Mediation analysis using the Sobel test confirmed that teamwork significantly mediates the relationship between leadership styles and performance of YLP (Z = 5.495, p < 0.001). Thus, partial mediation with a significant indirect effect was achieved. Conclusively, leadership styles significantly influenced teamwork in Youth Livelihood Projects (YLP) in Zombo District with respect to being democratic. Thus, a strong democratic leadership style would more likely result in the achievement of the intended project objective to which the project resources are allocated. Therefore, it was recommended that project managers embrace the democratic principles of leadership in order to enhance productivity and performance among the project team. Effective leadership should start right from the project's inception to make the various stakeholders, especially the community, own the project and willingly execute their roles effectively when called upon. Since this study has focused mainly on leadership style, teamwork, and performance, future research can be carried out on leadership style, employees’ performance, teamwork, and project sustainability, among others. Some participants took longer to complete the questionnaires, which delayed the research process and the final report. This compelled the researcher to make frequent calls and, at times, make physical follow-ups, which is why the work had to be delayed until this time.
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This is a master's thesis.
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Binega, K. (2025) Leadership Styles, Teamwork and Performance of Youth Livelihood Projects in Zombo District. Makerere University Business School.