IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS OF PROJECT MANAGER ON PROJECT SUCCESS
Keywords:
Personality Traits, Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, Project success
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine whether there exists an association between the personality traits of project manager and project success regarding timely completion of the projects. The research is explanatory in nature, and deductive approach was adopted, whereby hypotheses were developed after an in-depth review of relevant literature. The primary, quantitative data were collected from 85 Certified Project Managers of the Project Management Institute (PMI), with the help of questionnaire adopted from John, Donahue, and Kentle (1991). The five personality traits, Openness to Experience; Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Agreeableness; and Neuroticism were taken as independent variables. Hypotheses were formulated and relationship of each hypothesis was tested by using the Chi-Square test of association. Findings of the research indicate that there exists a significant relationship between three independent variables, i.e., Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Openness to experience, with project success regarding timely completion. However, no significant relationship was found between the two independent variables, i.e., Agreeableness and Conscientiousness with project success. The research findings would help the management in realizing the role of personality traits of project managers in the successful completion of the projects.
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project managers and their success: A field survey. Project
Management Journal, 44(3), 78-87.
Cooke-Davies, T. (2002). The “real” success factors on projects. International
journal of project management, 20(3), 185-190.
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link to leaders’ personality and performance. The Leadership
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consequences of organizational politics. Journal of Vocational
Behavior, 55(3), 277-297.
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Big Five revisited. Journal of applied psychology, 85(6), 869.
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Personality and citizenship behavior: the mediating role of job
satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(4), 945.
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measurement, and theoretical perspectives. Handbook of
personality: Theory and research, 2(1999), 102-138.
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implementation. John Wiley & Sons.
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physiology of hardy varieties of winter wheat. Agronomy
Journal, 18(7), 529-566.
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project manager personality type and project success (Doctoral
dissertation, University of Phoenix).
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American Management Association.
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research: A consideration of the literature and an application of
extant theory. Project Management Quarterly, 38(1), 61.
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Collective??efficacy as a mediator of the relationship of leaders’
personality traits and team performance: A cross level analysis.
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Intelligence, “Big Five” personality traits, and work drive as
predictors of the course grade. Personality and individual
differences, 35(6), 1231-1239.
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In PMI Annual Seminar & Symposium, Montreal.
Mishra, P., Dangayach, G. S., & Mittal, M. L. (2011). An empirical study
on identification of critical success factors in project-based
organizations. Global Business and Management Research: An
International Journal, 3(3/4), 356-368.
Mersino, A. (2013). Emotional intelligence for project managers: The
people skills you need to achieve outstanding results. AMACOM
Div American Mgmt Assn.
Mossalam, A., & Arafa, M. (2016). The role of project manager in benefits
realization management as a project constraint/driver. HBRC
Journal, 12(3), 305-315.
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project success criteria and project success by type of
project. European management journal, 25(4), 298-309.
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managers: Matching their leadership style to the type of project.
Project Management Institute.
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in achieving project success. International journal of project
management, 14(2), 81-87.
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the PMP Exam. RMC Publications, Inc.
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relationship between work-team personality composition and the
job performance of teams. Group & Organization Management, 24(1), 28-45.
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information processing.
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project management profession: A quantitative analysis (Doctoral
dissertation, Capella University). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3368756).
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organizational citizenship behavior. The journal of social
psychology, 135(3), 339-350.
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The impact of chief executive officer personality on top
management team dynamics: one mechanism by which
leadership affects organizational performance. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 88(5), 795.
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Http://www.thefreedictionary.com/personality
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Institute, Inc, Newtown Square, PA.
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Institute, Newtown Square, PA
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manager on the performance of the project. “All papers
published in the, 17.
Schmieder-Ramirez, J., & Mallette, L. (2015). Using the SPELIT analysis
technique for organizational transitions. Education Applications
& Developments Advances in Education and Educational Trends
Series Edited by: Mafalda Carmo, 290.
Sekaran, U., & Bougie, R. (2016). Research methods for business: A skill
building approach. John Wiley & Sons.
Seymour, T., & Hussein, S. (2014). The history of project management.
International Journal of Management & Information Systems
(Online), 18(4), 233.
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diamond approach to successful growth and innovation. Harvard
Business Review Press.
Shi, J., Lin, H., Wang, L., & Wang, M. (2009). Linking the Big Five
personality constructs to organizational justice. Social Behavior
and Personality: an international journal, 37(2), 209-222.
Srivastava, S. C., Chandra, S., & Shirish, A. (2015). Technostress creators
and job outcomes: theorizing the moderating influence of
personality traits. Information Systems Journal, 25(4), 355-401.
Toader, C. S., Brad, I., Adamov, T. C., Marin, D., & Moisa, S. (2010). The
main causes which lead to success or failure of a
project. Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 43(2), 449-453.
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based on trait ratings.
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improving the processes for achieving strategic objectives. McGraw-Hill.
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core. In Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 767-793).
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identifying, preventing, and recovering from project failure.
AMACOM Division American Management Association.
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organizational power moderates cross-functional interaction in
project teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 62(1), 179-214.
Masood, M., Khan, R.A., Shaikh, S.
government projects. Business and Management Review, 2(4), 1-14.
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York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Archibald, R. D. (2003). Managing high-technology programs and
projects. John Wiley & Sons.
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guesses and a phenomenon, its time to accept other success
criteria. International journal of project management, 17(6), 337-342.
Barrick, M. R., & Mount, M. K. (1991). The big five personality
dimensions and job performance: a meta??analysis. Personnel Psychology, 44(1), 1-26.
Barrick, M. R., Stewart, G. L., Neubert, M. J., & Mount, M. K. (1998).
Relating member ability and personality to work-team processes
and team effectiveness. Journal of applied psychology, 83(3), 377.
Bozionelos, N. (2004). The big five of personality and work
involvement. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 19(1), 69-81.
Bradley, J. H., & Hebert, F. J. (1997). The effect of personality type on team
performance. Journal of Management Development, 16(5), 337-353.
Cattell, R. B. (1943). The description of the personality. I. Foundations of
trait measurement. Psychological Review, 50(6), 559.
Cleden, D. (2017). Managing project uncertainty. Routledge.
Cohen, Y., Ornoy, H., & Keren, B. (2013). MBTI personality types of
project managers and their success: A field survey. Project
Management Journal, 44(3), 78-87.
Cooke-Davies, T. (2002). The “real” success factors on projects. International
journal of project management, 20(3), 185-190.
Costa Jr, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1997). Stability and change in personality
assessment: the revised NEO Personality Inventory in the year
2000. Journal of personality assessment, 68(1), 86-94.
Crawford, J. K. (2006). Why project managers fail—and how to help them
succeed! Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2006—
North America, Seattle, WA. Newtown Square, PA: Project
Management Institute.
Crawford, L. (2005). Senior management perceptions of project
management competence. International journal of project
management, 23(1), 7-16.
Deinert, A., Homan, A. C., Boer, D., Voelpel, S. C., & Gutermann, D.
(2015). Transformational leadership sub-dimensions and their
link to leaders’ personality and performance. The Leadership
Quarterly, 26(6), 1095-1120.
DeNeve, K. M., & Cooper, H. (1998). The happy personality: A metaanalysis
of 137 personality traits and subjective wellbeing.
Psychological Bulletin, 124(2), 197.
Divakar, K., & Subramanian, K. (2009). Critical success factors in the
real-time monitoring of construction projects. Research Journal
of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology, 1(2), 35-39.
Erdheim, J., Wang, M., & Zickar, M. J. (2006). Linking the Big Five
personality constructs to organizational commitment. Personality
and individual differences, 41(5), 959-970.
Evensmo, J., & Karlsen, J. T. (2005). Earned Value: The Hammer Without
Nails?. AACE International Transactions, CSC.12.1-12.7.
Ferrell, G. (2010). The five pillars of project management infrastructure–
An interview with Glenn Ferrell. Journal of Digital Asset
Management, 6(2), 83-96.
Fiske, D. W. (1949). The consistency of the factorial structures of
personality ratings from different sources. The Journal of
Abnormal and Social Psychology, 44(3), 329.
Frame, J. D. (1994). The new project management: Corporate
reengineering and other business realities.
Goldberg, L. R. (2013). An Alternative “Description of Personality”: The
Big-Five Factor Structure. Personality and Personality Disorders: The Science of Mental Health, 7, 34.
Goldberg, L. R. (1993). ‘The structure of phenotypic personality traits”:
Author’s reactions to the six comments.
Halfhill, T., Sundstrom, E., Lahner, J., Calderone, W., & Nielsen, T. M.
(2005). Group personality composition and group effectiveness:
An integrative review of empirical research. Small group
research, 36(1), 83-105.
Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of project management. AMACOM
Div. New York, NY: American Management Association.
Henrie, M. E., & Sousa-Posa, A. (2005). Project management: A cultural
literary review. Project Management Institute, 36 (2), 5–14.
Hickson, R. C. (2015). Project managers’ perceptions of the primary
factors contributing to success or failure of projects: A
qualitative phenomenological study (Doctoral dissertation,
University of Phoenix).
Hochwarter, W. A., Perrewé, P. L., Ferris, G. R., & Guercio, R. (1999).
Commitment as an antidote to the tension and turnover
consequences of organizational politics. Journal of Vocational
Behavior, 55(3), 277-297.
Hurtz, G. M., & Donovan, J. J. (2000). Personality and job performance: The
Big Five revisited. Journal of applied psychology, 85(6), 869.
Ilies, R., Fulmer, I. S., Spitzmuller, M., & Johnson, M. D. (2009).
Personality and citizenship behavior: the mediating role of job
satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(4), 945.
John, O. P., Donahue, E. M., & Kentle, R. L. (1991). The big five
inventory–versions 4a and 54.
John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big Five trait taxonomy: History,
measurement, and theoretical perspectives. Handbook of
personality: Theory and research, 2(1999), 102-138.
Judge, T. A., Higgins, C. A., Thoresen, C. J., & Barrick, M. R. (1999). The
big five personality traits, general mental ability, and career success across the lifespan.
Personnel Psychology, 52(3), 621-652.
Kasschau, R.A. (2000), Glencoe Understanding Psychology. Missouri: Glencoe Partners.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project Management: A Systems Approach
to Planning, Scheduling, And Controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H. (2006). Project management: A systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling (9th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John-Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H. (2004). Advanced project management: Best practices for
implementation. John Wiley & Sons.
Klages, K. H. (1926). Central content area Metrical attributes and the
physiology of hardy varieties of winter wheat. Agronomy
Journal, 18(7), 529-566.
LeBlanc, D. C. (2008). The relationship between information technology
project manager personality type and project success (Doctoral
dissertation, University of Phoenix).
Lewis, J. P. (2007). Fundamentals of project management. New York, NY:
American Management Association.
Leybourne, S. A. (2007). The changing bias of project management
research: A consideration of the literature and an application of
extant theory. Project Management Quarterly, 38(1), 61.
Li, X., Zhou, M., Zhao, N., Zhang, S., & Zhang, J. (2015).
Collective??efficacy as a mediator of the relationship of leaders’
personality traits and team performance: A cross level analysis.
International Journal of Psychology, 50(3), 223-231.
Lock, D. (2017). The essentials of project management. Routledge.
Lounsbury, J. W., Sundstrom, E., Loveland, J. M., & Gibson, L. W. (2003).
Intelligence, “Big Five” personality traits, and work drive as
predictors of the course grade. Personality and individual
differences, 35(6), 1231-1239.
McCOY, F. A. (1986, September). Measuring success: Establishing and maintaining a baseline.
In PMI Annual Seminar & Symposium, Montreal.
Mishra, P., Dangayach, G. S., & Mittal, M. L. (2011). An empirical study
on identification of critical success factors in project-based
organizations. Global Business and Management Research: An
International Journal, 3(3/4), 356-368.
Mersino, A. (2013). Emotional intelligence for project managers: The
people skills you need to achieve outstanding results. AMACOM
Div American Mgmt Assn.
Mossalam, A., & Arafa, M. (2016). The role of project manager in benefits
realization management as a project constraint/driver. HBRC
Journal, 12(3), 305-315.
Müller, R., & Turner, R. (2007). The influence of project managers on
project success criteria and project success by type of
project. European management journal, 25(4), 298-309.
Müller, R., & Turner, R. (2006, December). Choosing appropriate project
managers: Matching their leadership style to the type of project.
Project Management Institute.
Munns, A. K., & Bjeirmi, B. F. (1996). The role of project management
in achieving project success. International journal of project
management, 14(2), 81-87.
Mulcahy, R. (2011). PMP Exam Prep: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing
the PMP Exam. RMC Publications, Inc.
Neuman, G. A., Wagner, S. H., & Christiansen, N. D. (1999). The
relationship between work-team personality composition and the
job performance of teams. Group & Organization Management, 24(1), 28-45.
Norman, D. A. (1969). Memory and attention: An introduction to human
information processing.
Oren, R. A. (2009). Contributory success factors for projects with the
project management profession: A quantitative analysis (Doctoral
dissertation, Capella University). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3368756).
Organ, D. W., & Lingl, A. (1995). Personality, satisfaction, and
organizational citizenship behavior. The journal of social
psychology, 135(3), 339-350.
Peterson, R. S., Smith, D. B., Martorana, P. V., & Owens, P. D. (2003).
The impact of chief executive officer personality on top
management team dynamics: one mechanism by which
leadership affects organizational performance. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 88(5), 795.
Personality. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2017, from
Http://www.thefreedictionary.com/personality
Project Management Institute (PMI), 2008a. A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge, 4th ed. Project Management
Institute, Inc, Newtown Square, PA.
Project Management Institute (PMI), 2008b. The Standard for Portfolio
Management – Second Edition, 2nd ed. Project Management
Institute, Newtown Square, PA
Salaria, M. R., & Jamil, I. (2015). Impact of personality traits of the
manager on the performance of the project. “All papers
published in the, 17.
Schmieder-Ramirez, J., & Mallette, L. (2015). Using the SPELIT analysis
technique for organizational transitions. Education Applications
& Developments Advances in Education and Educational Trends
Series Edited by: Mafalda Carmo, 290.
Sekaran, U., & Bougie, R. (2016). Research methods for business: A skill
building approach. John Wiley & Sons.
Seymour, T., & Hussein, S. (2014). The history of project management.
International Journal of Management & Information Systems
(Online), 18(4), 233.
Shenhar, A. J., & Dvir, D. (2007). Reinventing project management: the
diamond approach to successful growth and innovation. Harvard
Business Review Press.
Shi, J., Lin, H., Wang, L., & Wang, M. (2009). Linking the Big Five
personality constructs to organizational justice. Social Behavior
and Personality: an international journal, 37(2), 209-222.
Srivastava, S. C., Chandra, S., & Shirish, A. (2015). Technostress creators
and job outcomes: theorizing the moderating influence of
personality traits. Information Systems Journal, 25(4), 355-401.
Toader, C. S., Brad, I., Adamov, T. C., Marin, D., & Moisa, S. (2010). The
main causes which lead to success or failure of a
project. Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 43(2), 449-453.
Tupes, E. C. I., & Christal, R.E. (1961.). Recurrent personality factors
based on trait ratings.
Turner, J. R. (1993). The handbook of project-based management:
improving the processes for achieving strategic objectives. McGraw-Hill.
Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (1997). Extraversion and its positive emotional
core. In Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 767-793).
Williams, T. C. (2011). Rescue the problem project: A complete guide to
identifying, preventing, and recovering from project failure.
AMACOM Division American Management Association.
Young-Hyman, T. (2017). Cooperating without co-laboring: How formal
organizational power moderates cross-functional interaction in
project teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 62(1), 179-214.
Masood, M., Khan, R.A., Shaikh, S.
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2018-06-15
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