Leadership and Strategic Management Effectiveness during Crisis in the Construction Sector: A case study

This research explores the importance of critical success factors for effective project management under a crisis condition and investigates crisis management practices within the construction sector. The case study of the Greek construction sector is examined through an empirical study and distribution of a questionnaire to a sample of 154 managers and engineers in construction companies applying decsriptive and inferential statistics for data analysis. Forming a set of 6 factors labeled as “Organization and Human Resources”, “Project realization issues”, “Organizational bond and technology background”, “Planning/organizing issues”, “General environment” and “Project features, the study concludes that the most important skill for a crisis situation is the managerial one. The study recommends the importance of integration of a crisis management policy in an operation level in order management and leadership effectiveness to be enhanced.