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Abstract This paper examines the relationship between sustainable project management (SPM) and project success with the moderating effect of stakeholder engagement and team building on this relationship. A structured survey questionnaire technique was applied for data collection and 323 responses were received from project management professionals in Pakistan. The results revealed that SPM has a positive impact on project success. However, the effects of stakeholder engagement and team building were found insignificant. Accordingly, this paper contributes to SPM literature by demonstrating the relationship between SPM and project success in a developing world context. From a practical viewpoint, firms need to consider SPM from a holistic perspective by embracing and incorporating key sustainability aspects into various project life‐cycle stages. To this end, project managers not only need to promote stakeholder engagement and team‐building strategies, but also scrutinize all important project decisions from a sustainability lens to further enhance SPM outcomes and create a meaningful value proposition for each stakeholder group, which are increasingly recognized as critical issues for project success.
Shaukat et al. (Tue,) studied this question.