The Relative Importance of Temporal Leadership and Initiating Structure for Timely Project Completion

We assess the relative usefulness of temporal leadership and initiating structure in predicting timely team project completion. Drawing on functional approach to as well concept performance episodes, we hypothesize that two facets leadership, planning at initiation reminders midway through execution, will be better predictors completion than traditional task-oriented form delivered same stages. Results from 62 application development teams surveyed across life a showed together accounted for 91.7% predicted variance completion, with being more important. Initiating remaining small nonsignificant amount variance. conclude is new construct highly useful leader behavior context working time-limited projects.