Effectiveness of project managers in Turkish construction industry

Abstract

Construction industry becomes more dynamic day by day. Changes in technology, construction methods, and project budgets cause more dynamic construction industry. Project participants especially project managers are obliged to deal with all these constantly changing components. In this dynamic construction industry, project managers can be a main source of competitive advantage for construction companies. project managers are like orchestra chiefs, coordinate constantly changing components of the construction industry to reach project goals. For completion of assignments in predetermined time, project managers provide effective project with coordination of project team members. Efficiency of project can be improved with examination of project success and critical success factors. Performance of project managers on a construction project is mutually associated project success. In addition, effectiveness of project managers is itself one of critical success factors in the construction industry. The main target of this study is to determine effects of two important issues, the first one is effectiveness of project managers in the Turkish construction industry, and the second one is proportional effects of critical success factors on project success of the Turkish construction industry. In order to achieve the target of this research, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to determine the most convenient components that have effect on effectiveness of project managers and project success. Then, correlation between those components were identified and the proposed model was tested based on data collected from Turkish construction companies. Structural equation modeling was used for testing the validity of the proposed model. Finally, effectiveness of project managers and proportional effects of critical success factors on project success of the Turkish construction industry is discussed by referring to structural equation modeling analysis findings.