Impact of Project Teamwork on Project Success in Pakistan Syed Muhammad Javed Iqbal * Muhammad Shahid Nawaz † Salman Bahoo ‡ S.M. Labib Abdul Ba’ith Shah Bukhari § Abstract: The contribution of project teamwork is based on project members toward project success has remained unattended in prior literature. This paper highlights the importance of project teamwork for the project success and argues that leader alone cannot successfully complete a project. This study is based upon Higher Education Commission (HEC)’s projects in Pakistan and data has been collected from project leaders regarding performance and contribution of project team- work toward project success. The study hypothesized the positive and direct relationship between the project teamwork and project success. For the purpose of verification of this relationship the project managers were requested through e-mail to complete questionnaires. Further, this relation- ship is verified theoretically and empirically by applying Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). It is concluded on the basis of results that project team work has positive and direct relationship with project success. The study findings will be helpful for policy makers and project team leaders to understand the importance and contribution of project teamwork toward achieving project success especially in developing countries. Keywords: Project management, project success, project teamwork project team members, and structural equation modeling. Introduction Project leaders can play a significant role to influence the project success positively with and through their team members that are called project teamwork but surprisingly prior literature shows the myopic view and ignored the role of project team members toward project success. According to Sheard and Kakabadse (2002) a project leader should also consider importance of project teamwork for success of any project. However, few re- searchers have investigated this relationship between project success and project teamwork. This study is an endeavor to consider the success of Higher Education Commission (HEC) through the project teamwork in Pakistan. Meredith and Mantel Jr (2011) argued that inappropriate teams can lead a project towards failure. Therefore, the importance and impact of project teams on project success or failure cannot be ignored. Verburg, Bosch- Sijtsema, and Vartiainen (2013) argued that good project teamwork is vital for project * Department of Commerce Islamia University of Bahawalpur. E-mail: javed.iqbal@iub.edu.pk † Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad. E-mail: shahidnawaz702@gmail.com ‡ Department of Commerce Islamia University of Bahawalpur. E-mail: salman.bahoo@iub.edu.pk § Department of Commerce Islamia University of Bahawalpur 1 South Asian Journal of Management Sciences Vol.11(1): 1-13, 2017 DOI: 10.21621/sajms.2017111.01