Successful projects are often characterized by a unique spirit. Phase one results, based on 193 employees partaking in 60 projects across organizations, support a model positing that leader building activities affect employees’ emotions, attitudes, and behavioral norms that are focused on...

Quantitative and qualitative evidence support that building activities, e.g., artifacts, affect employees’ emotions, attitudes and behavioral norms which are focused on expected project outcomes. These affect employees’ contextual performance behavior which in turn affects success....