Open AccessThe Improvement Factors of Leadership Skills among Project Managers in Pre-Construction Phase of Sustainable Construction Projects
Author(s) -
Aryani Ahmad Latiffi,
Noorul Adharina Zulkiffli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
malaysian journal of real estate/international journal of real estate studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-7643
pISSN - 1823-8505
DOI - 10.11113/intrest.v15ns1.114
Subject(s) - pre construction services , project management , business , construction management , knowledge management , project stakeholder , process management , project manager , engineering , engineering management , project planning , project charter , civil engineering , computer science , systems engineering
Leadership skills are required in any area, including the construction industry. Compared to conventional construction projects, the obstacles of practising leadership skills are more significant in sustainable construction projects. In the context of managing a project, a project manager is accountable for overseeing the project from the pre-construction phase to the post-construction phase. Nevertheless, project managers often encountered utmost difficulties in sustainable construction projects during the pre-construction phase. Despite that, improving leadership skills would emerge to boost project manager performance in managing sustainable construction projects. Thus, this paper aims to determine the improvement factors of leadership skills among project managers in the pre-construction phase of sustainable construction projects. A questionnaire survey was developed with 44 improvement factors of leadership skills among project managers in the pre-construction phase of sustainable construction projects, in which 153 experienced project managers in sustainable construction projects in Malaysia responded. Data were analysed using normality test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and reliability analysis via IBM SPSS version 24 software. The finding reveals that all improvement factors were significant to improve leadership skills among project managers in the pre-construction phase of sustainable construction projects. Hence, this paper's findings would assist project managers in grasping the improvement factors that can improve their leadership skills, particularly in sustainable construction projects.