Stakeholder engagement, managerial accountability, and project success :

Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between stakeholder engagement, managerial accountability, and project success within education infrastructure projects in Budaka district local administration. The goals of the research were; to examine the relationship between informing stakeholders and project success in education infrastructure projects in the local government of Budaka district, to examine the relationship between consulting stakeholders and project success in education infrastructure projects in the local government of Budaka district, to examine the relationship between involving stakeholders and project success in education infrastructure projects in the local government of Budaka district and to examine the mediating function of managerial accountability in the relationship between stakeholder engagement and project success in the case of education infrastructure projects in Budaka district. The research used a cross-sectional survey methodology using numerical approaches whereby 187 questionnaires were fully filled and returned for data analysis. Results show that both informing stakeholders and project success are favorably co-related, there is a noteworthy relationship between consulting stakeholders and project success, and there is a strong co-relation between involving stakeholders and project success in the case of education infrastructure projects in Budaka district. Similarly, the study indicated that managerial accountability partially mediates the relationship between stakeholder engagement and project success in education infrastructural projects. Therefore, stakeholder engagement has an impact on the project success of education projects in Budaka District Local Government. Managerial accountability affects project success in regards to these projects. Among the recommendations, stakeholders ought to be engaged at all stages of these projects and supervisors of projects should be responsible, while exercising the necessary autonomy and authority to ensure successful project implementation. Keywords: informing, consulting, involving, managerial accountability, stakeholder engagement, and project success.