Emotional Intelligence as a Prerequisite to Project Managers” Enhancement in Delivering Construction Projects

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Obembe, Jide Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significant Phenomenon ◽  
Chi Square Test

This study examined emotional intelligence as an instrument for enhancing the performance of project managers in the construction industry in Ibadan Metropolis. This was a view to determine the effect of the emotional intelligence (EI) of project managers on project management, as well as the relationship between project managers’ emotional intelligence and delivery of projects. The study employed survey research method to collect information from project managers, who are Quantity Surveyor, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Architects. Seventy five project managers were randomly selected from building and construction industry in the study areas. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to the respondents. The data collected were analysed using SPSS Version 16. Descriptive and inferential statistic consisting mean, mode, percentage, frequency, and Chi-Square test were used respectively. The results showed that emotional intelligence is important to the field of project management with an overall mean value of 4.46 on a Likert Scale of 5. Chi-Square test showed a significantly positive relationship between the emotional intelligence level of the project managers and their performance on the job. A positive significance occurs in information handling in all the four domain of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management, unlike other variables such as managing project environment and resources, organising and coordination providing for growth and development and motivation and conflict handling that show both positive and negative significances. The paper concluded that emotional intelligence is a significant phenomenon in the field of project management, because it enhances the performance of project managers.

scholarly journals Assessment of Procurement Plan in the Nigeria Construction Industry: A Case of Selected Firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
C. C. Emekoma
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Summary Table ◽  
Professional Body ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Procurement System

The Procurement plan and procedure in Nigeria have gone through a number of changes, with main objective of reducing or at best eliminating corruption in public procurement, realizing values for money, efficiency in procurement process among others. The data of assessment of procurement plan in the Nigerian construction industry was collected through administrating questionnaire to selected members of the companies and was analyzed using three statistical tools, namely; percentage analysis, chi-square and measures of dispersion. The table from which was  drawn the  analysis of  assessment of procurement  plan in the Nigeria construction industry reveal that  among the professionals who responded to the questionnaire 27.6% are members of the Nigeria Institute of Quality Surveyors (NIQS) , 13.2% belong to the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), and 22.4% belong to the Nigeria institute of Builders (NIOB), while 3.9% are members of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), those who belong to other professional body other  than the those above are 9.2% and 23.7% are not registered with any professional body. From the chi-square test of independence, it was found that at 5% level of significance opinion of respondents is not independent of their professional background. The Likert summary table also show reveal the following (i) procurement system affect project cost (ii) procurement system affect quality of work (iii) procurement plans affect design team performance. Also, the statements with low variance and standard deviation are more reliable than those with high variance and standard deviation. Therefore, on commencement of construction projects consultant must advise their clients on the building procurement system available.

scholarly journals Exploring project managers’ perception of stress when working in increasingly complex construction projects

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Mary Jepson ◽  
Konstantinos Kirytopoulos ◽  
Kerry London
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
The South ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
Complex Construction ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Life Projects

Stress is a recognised feature of the project managers’ life. Projects are becoming more complex with the uncertainty in the system contributing to the lack of control and added stress. This study explores a microcosm of 25 project managers in the South Australian construction industry, their perceived level of uncertainty and stress. The project managers interviewed provide their views on what their key stressors were and the mechanisms they use to manage effectively their stress. The results showed that structural, technical and directional complexity of projects was high, but this did not always convert into more stress for the project managers. The results indicate that stressors like the lack of resources; lack of control and increasing accountability were project managers’ primary concerns. Coping strategies included optimism, applying emotional intelligence and active planning strategies. In addition, they reduced their stress by working with good teams, using theirs and their team's experience, implementing sound systems and processes and effectively researching and gathering information.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors of Project Management in Nepalese Hydropower Projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
Raju Thapa ◽  
Santosh Kumar Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Critical Success

The delay in the construction industry is a global phenomenon and the construction industry in Nepal can!t be the exception. To deliver the project product on time, within the budget, of quality in the safest manner is the goal of project management. Even potentially good projects are failing because of the weak project management performance in Nepalese construction projects. Due to the lack of research based findings in these areas, the new project managers are facing problems about in which areas they need to focus for successful delivery of the project. The purpose of this research is to find out the critical success  factors  of  project management  that  help  the  project  parties  reach  their  goal  as  planned  in Nepalese  hydropower projects. In this study, general success factors of project management were collected from various literatures and the pilot survey, rank them based on relative importance index (RII), and found top seven success factors as critical success factor. Based on the 85 responses from project managers and experts working in hydropower projects in the first stage study, top seven  success  factors  of  project  management  were  Effective  communication  between  project  team  members  (S1),  Job satisfaction  of  project  team  members  (S2),  Timely  decision  by  client  (S3),  Competence  of  the  project  manager  (S4), Effective coordination between stakeholders, public institutions (S5), Competence of the project team members (S6), Proper and timely supervision (S7).  

scholarly journals Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Nurse Work Stress in Hospitalization Services, Undata Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (G) ◽  
pp. 337-340
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ryman Napirah ◽  
Vidyanto Untad ◽  
Siti Alfani
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Central Sulawesi

BACKGROUND: The high work demands on nurses in their work, the greater the possibility of a nurse experiencing work stress. AIM: This study aimed to determine the relationship between self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy, and social skills with the work stress among nurses in the hospitalization services of Undata Hospital, Central Sulawesi Province. METHOD: It was a quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach and using the accidental sampling method. Data were collected by a questionnaire with a Likert scale and the WHO DASS questionnaire toward 63 respondents and statistically analyzed using the Chi-square test. RESULTS: A relationship between self-awareness (p = 0.034), self-management (p = 0.044), self-motivation (p = 0.012), empathy (p = 0.021), and social skills (p = 0.026) with work stress among nurses in hospitalization services of Undata Hospital, Central Sulawesi Province. CONCLUSION: Emotional intelligence affects the nurses’ work stress in a hospital during work implementation.

scholarly journals The Emotional Intelligence of Project Manager and the Project Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Dr. Aqsa Siddiq ◽  
Dr. Aqsa Siddiq ◽  
Ms. Sourath Qayyum Maher ◽  
Dr. Mujahid Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Construction Sector

The massive failure of projects emphasizes the need to understand the factors that contribute to the project success. The projects of the construction sector in Pakistan also face difficulties of unachievable targets because of the lacking soft skills of the managers besides their technical competence. Therefore,this casual study is undertaken to check the influence of the project manager’s emotional intelligence on the success of the project in the construction sector of Pakistan. A sample of 228 out of 250 project managers (91% response rate) that work in those construction companies involved in construction projects responded, selected using convenient sampling technique. The data is analyzed using reliability study (Cronbach’s Alpha), descriptive statistics, Skewness-Kurtosis, correlation, and regression analysis. The results of the study explain that the dimensions of emotional intelligence including self-awareness and self- regulation of project managers are showing positive and significant impact on the success of construction projects. While the key finding of the study is that social awareness has insignificant impact evident that managers normally give more focus on technical and hard skills of their teams than knowing and sensing others’ feelings and perspective, and taking an active interest in their concerns. Construction industry and other project-based firms in Pakistan can take benefit from this research. Focusing on the significance of the emotional intelligence attributes and giving extensive trainings to the managers on soft skills can improve the ratio of the successful projects. The findings of the study strongly recommend soft skills training of the managers as well as the team. Further, a detailed investigation covering all the dimensions of emotional intelligence including empathy is directed for future studies.

scholarly journals An Association between Emotional Intelligence and Performance of Workforce

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-291
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Banking Education ◽  
And Performance

The undertaken subject could be considered controversial, some people take ‘emotional intelligence’ as a non-existent matter, while others see it as having a huge impact on employee performance. The present research analyses the association and impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on workforce performance while taking into account demographic features along with individual clusters of emotional intelligence. The Emotional Competence Inventory model is considered to explore EI and its four dimensions- self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness and relationship management. The domain of study is UAE, where hardly such a topic is being explored earlier. A quantitative study is employed with a sample of 119 participants accessed through convenience approach from diverse sectors such as banking, education, health, engineering and recruitment of UAE. The statistical tools such as Cronbach’s Alpha, Chi-square test, Correlation and Regression analysis including ANOVA are put to analyse the primary data to serve the basis for results & discussion. Results reflect that emotional intelligence is independent of age, gender, qualification and designation of employees. It also statistically proves that all the dimensions of emotional intelligence are not equally significant or even considerate to affect employee performance.

Conceptual framework of value management adoption in the Nigerian construction industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lekan Damilola Ojo ◽  
Deji Rufus Ogunsemi ◽  
Olusola Ogunsina
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Innovative Management ◽  
Coefficient Of Concordance ◽  
Global Construction

Purpose The Nigerian construction industry is bedeviled with poor project performance and outcomes which value management (VM) could address if applied. The application of VM on Nigerian construction projects is very minimal due to certain obstacles, namely, lack of VM experts, paucity of knowledge on the techniques, etc., which inhibits the adoption into the construction industry. Therefore, this study aims to develop a conceptual framework of the adoption of VM on construction projects in a typical developing economy. Design/methodology/approach This study engaged 15 selected VM experts in two rounds of Delphi survey to develop a conceptual framework of VM adoption. The method of data analysis includes mean score, standard deviation, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance, chi-square (χ2) test, interrater agreement analysis and significant level analysis. The developed conceptual framework was sent to a team of local and international VM experts for validation. Findings This study reveals that the adoption of VM requires the collective effort of relevant stakeholders in the construction industry. The framework developed presents individual and collective activities to be undertaken by the stakeholders. The activities include training, legislation, government-funded research, etc. Thus, the adoption of innovative management methodology like VM requires the collaboration of academics, construction professional bodies and government parastatals. This will assist in the judicious use of limited construction resources and boost the relevance of the Nigerian construction industry among developing nations and in the global construction market. Originality/value This study used the opinions of few construction professionals that can be regarded as VM experts in Nigeria, as against engaging a pool of construction professionals who may not be knowledgeable in VM process. Engaging the few VM experts in the Nigerian construction industry is important to have a valid basis for drawing conclusion, as large questionnaire survey could be possibly filled by inexperienced or unqualified respondents if stringent criteria are not considered at the outset of this study.

An Automated Progress Tracking System for Industrial Facility Construction Projects

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2973-2977
Author(s):  
Jaeh Yun Choi ◽  
Kyu Sung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Facility Construction

As amount of information in construction industry is growing, the role of information system in project management is becoming increasingly important. With the emerging IT application to the advancing construction industry, construction project management system with advanced technology has been progressed vigorously to improve construction productivity and management efficiency. Recently, a web-based Project Management Information System (PMIS) is developed to support decision-making process by efficiently managing project related information generated from various discipline. Many firms are in the process of developing the PMIS system or already have been applied the system to various projects. However, PMIS is still in its early stage of development to be applied at industrial plant construction projects. With the complexity of the industrial plant projects, the industry practitioners need to be able to visualize the construction schedule information to manage the project efficiently. This study suggests methodologies for improving PMIS specialized for industrial plant piping construction projects to estimate the baseline schedule and performance measurement more accurately by developing a framework for the piping construction projects. By using this developed system, the researchers expect that piping construction projects will be more efficiently managed on a real-time basis through measuring progress of piping at each and every state of progress milestone and provide management with opportunities to forecast the level of efforts required to execute the remaining work scope in a timely manner.

Enhancing the Effect on Project Success through Information Presentation

2015 ◽  
Vol 764-765 ◽  
pp. 895-899
Author(s):  
Shiow Luan Wang ◽  
Thi Hoa Vu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Information Presentation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Project Participants ◽  
Project Data

Construction projects are becoming ever more complex and time driven, especially as the amount of project data and active project participants’ increase. For achieving a project success, project management not only must to meet time, cost, quality objectives, but also satisfies the project stakeholders needs related to the project management process. Project managers were difficult to effectively seizing, collecting and handling information which are generated from different systems. The elements of information presentation in web-based was contributed an important role to project management success. The purpose of this study is to provide a background to denote the enhancing project management via information presentation based on effective information technology/information systems which are emphasized in web-based.

FACTORS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN MANAGING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN A COUNTRY UNDER MILITARY OCCUPATION: Contractors’ Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 05 (07) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Akram Subhe Suleiman ◽  
Jafar Subhi Hardan Abahre
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Military Occupation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Impact

An exhaustive literature search revealed that not much research has been done on factors causing problems in managing a construction project in a country under military occupation like Palestine. So, it is the main goal of this research is to identify these factors which could be used by the decision makers to select the appropriate project manager who bosses the suitable skills and competencies to deal with these problems. The study is a step toward determining means to improve the effectiveness of projects through identifying project manager competencies. It is important for Palestinian construction industry to progress in terms of project success; the problems that face the project managers must be determined and identified, in order to achieve the best results with less risk. A clear understanding of such problems helps the Palestinian construction industry of finding the suitable solutions to overcome these problems. A questionnaire survey was carried out to achieve the main aim of this research. The respondents were engineers have more than 3 years in the position of project manager in the Palestinian construction industry. The survey was based on factors drawn from findings of another researches in different countries, together with special factors identified as potentially affecting Palestine. The results identified many factors created problems; they were clustered in eight groups. These groups were arranged according to respondents in descending order as follows: the political situation of Palestine, lack of consultants` technical competencies, lack of resources, insufficient planning, team members uncommitted, conflicts between departments, breakdowns in communications, and changes in goals. As a result of this study one could conclude that managing a project in Palestine is as difficult as the complication of the political situation of the country. The project manager should have a complicated mixture of skills and competencies from dealing with Israeli occupation to dealing with stakeholders to lack of resources and unclear goals. The study has recommended to the Palestinian government to improve the regulations and laws to meet the impact of closure and segmentation of the Palestine.

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