Integrative Project Leadership for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Roles of Cultural Intelligence, Multicultural Team Dynamics, and Financial Decision-Making.

Nurul Islam Bhuiyan; Kereem Ahmed; Sebal Albasyri; Mohammad AL Mamun

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.71362

Integrative Project Leadership for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Roles of Cultural Intelligence, Multicultural Team Dynamics, and Financial Decision-Making.

Author(s)	Dr. Nurul Islam Bhuiyan, Kereem Ahmed, Sebal Albasyri, Mohammad AL Mamun
Country	United Kingdom
Abstract	Abstract Purpose The development of sustainable tourism is becoming more based on complex projects with culturally diverse stakeholders and geographically spread teams. Nevertheless, current studies on tourism leadership are still divided on the basis of leadership theory, multicultural team dynamics, and financial governance perspectives. This research will create a framework to be empirically tested to explain the role of project leadership in the success of sustainable tourism projects by using collaborative and strategic decision-making processes. Methodology The research design used in the study is a quantitative and multi-source research design that will involve project leaders and team members involved in international tourism development projects. A structured survey was used to gather data, and structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the relationship between integrative project leadership, multicultural team dynamics, cultural intelligence, quality of financial decision-making, and sustainable tourism project success. Findings The results indicate that integrative project leadership improves the multicultural team dynamics to an enormous extent, and it consequently improves the quality of financial decision-making and results in sustainable project success. Cultural intelligence is also a factor that enhances the performance of leadership by enhancing teamwork and reducing cultural conflicts in multicultural project teams. The findings indicate that leadership plays an important role in determining the sustainability outcomes through indirect processes, which are connected to the collaborative and governance processes. Originality The study is relevant to the body of scholarship in tourism management because it incorporates behavioural, cultural, and financial aspects in a single theoretical framework of tourism project leadership. The results offer useful information to tourism organisations and policymakers who want to improve sustainability performance by developing leadership, cross-cultural competence, and open financial governance in global tourism ventures.
Keywords	Integrative leadership; sustainable tourism development; cultural intelligence; multicultural teams; tourism projects; financial decision-making; project management; sustainability
Field	Sociology > Tourism / Transport
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.71362

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