Presently, attaining sustainability in construction activities by integrating environmental, social, and financial viewpoints, is one of the most difficult objectives for firms, so adopting and implementing sustainable project management (SPM) is fundamental in countering this challenge. Therefore, this present study uses institutional theory to analyze how external factors such as isomorphic pressures contribute to the adoption and implementation of SPM in a developing country. Using a survey research strategy with self-administered questionnaires, data were obtained from 641 construction firms in Ghana. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was utilized to analyze the measurement and structural model. The outcomes suggest that isomorphic pressures are positively related to SPM with mimetic pressures asserting more impact and coercive pressures with the least influence. These findings offer construction professionals and policymakers important new perspectives that will help them to promote SPM so as to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals.

One of the utmost global trends in project management nowadays is sustainable project management (SPM), which researchers have linked to project success (PS). Hence, this paper aims to conduct systematic literature review of published articles on the effect of SPM on PS from 2013 to June 2024. By means of the Scopus database and PRISMA 2020 declaration, this study critically extracted, examined, and appraised relevant literature from the nineteen sampled papers with regard to theory, context, methodology and characteristics. From the outcomes of the content analysis, this study identified that SPM influences PS since none of them recorded a negative impact. It also concluded that the relationship is inadequately addressed from the past works. The review also enumerates future research directions and implications for practice on the correlation between SPM and PS. Overall, the conclusions of this study present a solid foundation for scholars to investigate these constructs and contribute to the extant field of information.