STAKEHOLDERS’ INVOLVEMENT AND PROJECT OWNERSHIP IN SELECTED DUAL TRAINING PROJECTS IN RWANDA – International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review

STAKEHOLDERS’ INVOLVEMENT AND PROJECT OWNERSHIP IN SELECTED DUAL TRAINING PROJECTS IN RWANDA

Authors: Niyonzima Théogène, Phd & Masengesho Joseph

ABSTRACT

Projects are designed to achieve specific results, affecting people or organizations. However, project sustainability beyond the donor funding emerged as an important challenge to many projects across the world due to limited ownership of stakeholders. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of stakeholders’ involvement on the ownership of project. A descriptive research design and a structured questionnaire were adopted. The study targeted 7 dual training projects with a total number of the 67 stakeholders, 62 managers accepted to participate in this study (92.5% response rate). The data were analysed using the Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). Findings indicated that the adjusted R2 is 0.723 representing 72.3% indicated that the stakeholders’ involvement contribute to increased ownership (F-test 40.811; p-value = 0.000); thus the null Hypothesis stating that there is no significant influence of the involvement of stakeholders on the ownership of the project cannot be accepted. The conclusion is that stakeholders’ involvement has a significant effect on the ownership of the project by the direct stakeholders. It is recommended that project managers actively involve stakeholders in project processes to increase the stakeholders’ level of ownership of the project.

Keywords: Driver, Involvement, Project, Stakeholders, Sustainability, ownership

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