Issues and Challenges Encountered by Project Managers Towards Small Public Construction Project Success in Malaysia—A Literature Synthesis

2019 ◽  
pp. 663-670
Author(s):  
Syaharudin Shah Mohd Noor ◽  
Muneera Esa ◽  
Ernawati Mustafa Kamal ◽  
Rahimi A. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Literature Synthesis ◽  
Public Construction

Relationship between Project Managers Personality and Small Public Construction Project Success in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syaharudin Shah Mohd Noor ◽  
◽  
Muneera Esa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
National Development ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
Development Objectives

In the field of project management, particularly the construction industry in Malaysia, there are two key factors in determining the progress of a project, namely technical and non-technical skills. Accordingly, this study aims to explore the personality (non-technical skills) among Malaysian project managers on the success of small public construction projects. Using the Five Factor Theory (FFT) as a basis, this study uses two sets of measuring instruments for examining project manager’s personality and project success, the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Project Success Achieved (PSA). The questionnaire was distributed to two major organizations in Malaysia, the Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister’s Department (ICU JPM) and Ministry of Rural Development (KPLB), which involved 137 project managers. The obtained data were analyzed using PLS-SEM and results indicate that the project manager’s personality has a significant impact on the success of SPCP where Conscientiousness (CT) and Agreeableness (AG) had a more prominent influence compared to other traits. This study provides theoretically meaningful relationships and valuable insights into construction management via personality element to ensure that national development objectives are achieved.

scholarly journals Identifying client project manager competency in Indonesian construction project

2019 ◽  
Vol 276 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
Kartika Puspa Negara ◽  
Fiona Lamari ◽  
Connie Susilawati ◽  
Bambang Trigunarsyah
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Client Involvement ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
Client Side ◽  
Active Client

The influence of active client involvement towards project construction success is gaining recognition in the last few decades. The growing concern on the client involvement has drifted the perception towards client away from the passive role into contributor of project success. During client involvement in the construction project, a representative from client or client project manager (CPM) should be complemented with certain competencies in order to succeed in commissioning construction projects. Evidence shows that some public construction projects in Indonesia failed due to the lack of competency of client project managers. Whilst most of the previous studies concern on the competency of general project managers, this paper specifically investigates competency of project manager from client side who works as a civil servant, and commissioning public construction sectors. This paper aims to identify the important competencies required by CPM in construction projects in Indonesia and examine current Indonesian CPM competency standard. Relative Importance Index (RII) was employed to assess the important level of competencies. The findings will enrich understanding on client project manager competency and become a basis to undergird further empirical research in client project manager development areas.

scholarly journals Project manager personality traits towards project success: Moderated role of working experience in perspectives of small public construction projects in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-250
Author(s):  
Syaharudin Shah Mohd Noor ◽  
◽  
Muneera Esa ◽  
Ernawati Mustafa Kamal ◽  
Aida Azlina Mansor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
The Relationship

Project success requires organisations and project managers to change strategies to satisfy stakeholders. Research into project success needs comprehensive analysis and approaches in various contexts, especially touching on non-technical skills (personality). This study aims to focus on examining the association of Project Manager Personality Traits (PMPTs) to the success of Small Public Construction Projects (SPCPs) and moderated by working experience. A survey was carried out to collect data using a structured Big Five Inventory (BFI) and Project Success Achieved Instrument (PSAI) questionnaire. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used on a sample of 137 respondents for hypotheses testing and moderation effect analysis. Results show that PMPTs had a positive impact on the success of SPCPs. Conscientiousness (CT) and Agreeableness (AG) traits influence were more prominent when compared with other traits. While working experience does not moderate the relationship between PMPTs and the success of SPCPs. This study reflected the theoretical research of personality traits and their impact on the construction management industry. There have been limited studies of project success in the relationship with the BFI in the past, especially in the SPCPs context. The present study provides a basis for researchers interested in this area to examine further the use of BFI and PSAI as resources in other industries. Practically these findings may enable government or authorities to better align and suit project managers and their assigned project-based levels, where project managers are located in ministries overseeing small-scale projects. This study contributes theoretically to SPCPs literature by offering insights into project manager personality affecting project success and focus on selected agency in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Impact of Construction Project Managers’ Emotional Intelligence on Project Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10804
Author(s):  
Alessandra Montenegro ◽  
Marina Dobrota ◽  
Marija Todorovic ◽  
Teodora Slavinski ◽  
Vladimir Obradovic
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
External Stakeholder ◽  
External Relationships

Numerous authors are persistent in investigating the competency profile of the ideal construction project manager in order to decrease the failure rate of construction projects. There is evidence for the change in construction project management, from traditional practices to practices more focused on people and working relationships. The literature demonstrates a positive correlation between project manager’s Emotional intelligence and project success but less is written about the mechanisms that interfere with that relationship. Furthermore, project manager’s relationships with stakeholders are recognized as an important determinant of project success in the construction industry. Considering the above facts, this study was motivated to examine how the construction project manager’s emotional intelligence influences project success, and whether the relations with internal and external stakeholders interfere as mediators in that relationship. In the conducted research, 110 project managers participated. The results demonstrate that the emotional intelligence of construction project managers significantly influences the project success and that internal and external stakeholder relationships play an important role as mediators among them. Moreover, it is found that some components of EI have more significant influence on stakeholder relationships and project success and that internal and external relationships in different amounts affect components of project success.

scholarly journals The impact of project risk audits on construction project success

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115
Author(s):  
Kennedy Obondi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
The United States ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Simple Logistic ◽  
The Impact

Risk audit is often poorly implemented in construction projects because of the absence of constant auditing of risks by construction project managers. Construction companies are experiencing large financial deficits because of managers failing to audit and monitor project risks. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the utilization of risk audit correlates with project success in construction projects. An electronic survey instrument was used to collect data from a sample of 50 construction project managers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas in the United States. Spearman's rho correlational analysis and simple logistic regressions were used to examine the relationship between risk audit and project success. The results of this study indicated that there is a positive and significant association between risk audit and project success in terms of schedule performance, cost performance, customer satisfaction, and business success. One of the recommendations presented in this study was to expand the study to developing countries to see whether the findings from the study remain the same. The study concluded that construction organizations should regularly consider the importance and usage of risk audit techniques to improve the success rate of a project.

Evaluating the effect of motivational dimensions on the construction project managers in Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Shurrab ◽  
Ghaleb Abbasi ◽  
Razan Al Khazaleh
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Likert Scales ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Organizations

Purpose Construction organizations and companies are concerned with the motivational factors of the project managers that influence the project success. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to use a questionnaire based on five Likert-scales to identify and investigate the importance of the motivational dimensions on the construction project managers in Jordan Design/methodology/approach Therefore, this study aims at using a questionnaire based on five Likert-scales to identify and investigate the importance of the motivational dimensions on the construction project managers in Jordan. The six motivational dimensions were interpersonal interaction, task, general working conditions, empowerment, personal development, and compensation. Hypotheses testing were also developed to study the influence of both the characteristics of the project manager and the characteristic of the project on the motivational dimensions. Findings The results showed that the construction project managers in Jordan were motivated more by compensation and personal development. Moreover, the level of education for the project manager was positively related to the motivation by task. It was also noticed that the project manager, who had higher experience, was motivated more by empowerment. The study is valuable in providing important information for the construction organizations in Jordan to actively influence the construction project managers’ motivation. Originality/value The urgent needs for increasing project managers’ motivation is the major concern for organizations and companies. Increasing the project managers’ motivation has a major influence on increasing the project success rate and productivity. Construction sector is typically country’s most important asset economically and socially. Currently, no studies were shown to investigate the construction project manager’s motivation in Jordan. This study is, therefore, aims to evaluate the factors that influence the construction project manager’s motivation in Jordan based on content and process motivational theories’ perspectives. This research also utilizes the motivational factors instrument to test its validity in Jordan construction sector.

Conflict Analysis in Public Construction Project with Unstructured Data - The Case of Jeju Naval Base Project -

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-106
Author(s):  
Seung Baek ◽  
Seung Heon Han ◽  
Changjun Lee ◽  
Ji Seop Lee ◽  
Soo Hwan Moon
Keyword(s):  
Construction Project ◽  
Conflict Analysis ◽  
Unstructured Data ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
Naval Base

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship between Communication and Success of Construction Projects: The Mediating Role of Conflict

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4513
Author(s):  
Summaira Malik ◽  
Muhammad Taqi ◽  
José Moleiro Martins ◽  
Mário Nuno Mata ◽  
João Manuel Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Relationship Conflict ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

The success of a construction project is a widely discussed topic, even today, and there exists a difference of opinion. The impact of communication and conflict on project success is an important, but least addressed, issue in literature, especially in the case of underdeveloped countries. Miscommunication and conflict not only hinder the success of a project but also may lead to conflicts. The focus of this paper was to examine the impact of communication on project success with the mediating role of conflict. By using SPSS, demographics, descriptive statistics and correlation were determined. Smart PLS version 3.0 was used for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), internal accuracy and validity estimates, hypothesis checking and mediation testing. The results showed that formal communication has a negative impact on the success of a construction project, resulting in conflicts among project team members, whereas informal communication and communication willingness have a positive impact on project success because people tend to know each other, and trust is developed. Task, process and relationship conflicts were used as mediating variables. It was found that task conflict effects the relations positively because project team members suggest different ways to do a certain task, and, hence, project success is achieved. On the contrary, process conflict and relationship conflict have a negative impact on communication and project success. Both of these conflicts lead to miscommunication, and project success is compromised. Hence, it is the responsibility of the project manager to enhance communication among project team members and to reduce the detrimental effects of process and relationship conflict on project success.

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