In the current era of accelerated economic growth, project success
– successful completion of the final product for which the
project was initiated – is the ultimate goal of every organisation.
It is essential for organisations to keep project-based employees
motivated and focused on successfully accomplishing the project
objectives. This research examined the association between psychological
empowerment of project-based employees and project
success. We explored the mediating role of knowledge sharing
to explain the intervening mechanism between psychological
empowerment and project success. We also tested the moderating
role of employee creativity along with conditional indirect
effects by performing a moderated mediation analysis. Using a
time-lagged research design, multiple-source field data (N¼327)
were collected from employees of project-based organisations in
Pakistan. The findings of the study showed a positive association
between psychological empowerment and project success and
significant mediation of knowledge sharing. Project employees
with high creativity are likely to achieve project success when
they possess higher psychological empowerment too. Results concluded
that psychological empowerment is positively associated
with project success directly as well as indirectly through its
impact on knowledge sharing. The study has its importance and
implications for management specialists and project employees at
all levels
