Project Implementation, Stakeholder Involvement and Project Success of NGOs Education Projects in the Education Sector in Uganda

Abstract

There are project implementation challenges in executing Non-government Organizations (NGOs) projects in the Education Sector (ES) in Uganda. The study aimed at establishing the mediation role of Stakeholder Involvement (SI) on Project Implementation (PI) and Project Success (PS) relationship. To achieve this, the relationships between project implementation, stakeholder involvement and project success were examined. A cross-sectional research design with a quantitative approach was adopted. The study population was 110 NGO projects in the education sector, out of which a sample of 86 projects were selected. The unit of analysis was NGO Education Projects in ES within the Central region of Uganda. The sample of two NGO staff from each project, at senior management level was selected, giving a total of 172 respondents identified by simple random sampling method. The response was 125, constituting 73%. Using the Hayes Process Macro Model 4, a mediation analysis was carried out. The findings were that Stakeholder Involvement had a complementary partial mediation effect on the association of Project Implementation and Project success. Based on the results of the study, it was recommended that identification of Stakeholder Interest, ensuring their participation and taking care of stakeholder influence would enhance the chances of Project Success because of the complementary mediation of Stakeholder Involvement on Project Implementation and Project Success relationship. The study generated empirical evidence of stakeholder Involvement as a complementary mediating construct on Project implementation and Project Success relationship, in NGO projects in the Education sector within Uganda.
Keywords: Project Implementation, Stakeholder Involvement, Complementary Partial Mediation, Project Success.