摘要
1 Introduction The engineering and construction(E&C)industry is human resource-intensive.Most E&C tasks are performed,handled,or supervised by humans.Besides,the size and complexity of todays E&C projects require the involvement of many professionals,often from different organizations,working together(Ballesteros-Perez et al.,2019).Further,the E&C industry is not only human resourceintensive but also leader-driven.The most vital resource of an E&C firm is its executive leadership(Perrenoud and Sullivan,2017).Of course,leadership is multifaceted and must be defined and bounded within the context of the topic of interest(Schell et al.,2018)-highly successful executive-level engineers leading project-based E&C organizations.