The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Luli Hoxha; Cheryl McMahan

Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2019, 9(1), 12-19

The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Luli Hoxha¹ and Cheryl McMahan²

¹Doctoral student, Walden University, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. E-mail: Luli_Hoxha@Outlook.com (corresponding author).

²Professor, Walden University, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. E-mail: cheryl.mcmahan@yahoo.com

Project Management

Received July 2, 2018; revised October 6, 2018; December 3, 2018; accepted December 6, 2018

Available online January 17, 2019

Abstract: The world population is aging rapidly. The United Nations listed aging as one of the main social transformations of the twenty-first century. Aging impacts project managers as well. The most prevalent form of discrimination in workplaces is age discrimination. This study evaluated how project managers’ age influences project success. The population was 108 active or former project managers working in Albania or Kosovo. By using quantitative analysis, it was demonstrated that project managers’ age did not significantly predict project success. Therefore, there is a need to increase awareness among employers, so older project managers are not discriminated based on age.

Keywords: Project success, project manager, age, Albania, Kosovo.

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Citation: Hoxha, L. and McMahan, C. (2019). The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 9(1), 12-19.

DOI: 10.2478/jeppm-2019-0003

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