Organizational Factors Influencing Project Success

Top management support serves as a referent group; set pay and promotion policies in organizations. It can involve aspects such as sufficient resource allocation and project management confidence to support in crisis and should be transmitted to all stakeholders. Viswesvaran et al. verified that ethical behavior and employee satisfaction in organizations depends on top management support. Feng & Zhao noted that top management support enhances relationships both with customers and with suppliers, improving operational performance.

In the project management field, some studies call attention to the importance of top management support as a factor that tends to improve project performance. The support of top management has a decisive influence on the success or failure of projects. When top management supports a project, a positive signal is transmitted to those involved with the project development, which therefore positively affects their performance. Furthermore, the perceived organizational support tends to contribute to a better project manager job satisfaction. Therefore, the following hypothesis is proposed:

Hypothesis 1: Top management support is positively related to project success.