THE EFFECTS OF PROJECT MANAGERS INTERPERSONAL SKILL ON PROJECT PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITES, IN ADDIS ABABA.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to assess the effect of project manager’s interpersonal skill on project performance of building construction sites, in Addis Ababa. The researcher went through different literature on the subject matter to understand about the factors of project interpersonal skill on project performance and decided to apply descriptive research design employing qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Sampling method was used random sampling since all the respondents were selected purposely considering they have a direct involvement and pertinent information that can help the researcher. Descriptive analysis was applied in order to get the percentage frequent and mean of the respondents data. The likert scale ranging from strongly disagrees to strongly agree questionnaires were processed and analysis using SPSS V25 and presented in a narrative from by using tables. In this research selected 50 members of the study, I got the response from 45 surveys were came back at the face-to-face non-public conferences, and online survey, this means the selected members 90% of the response is came back, and the remaining 5 response replied from electronic submissions . A gap analysis was used to compare the reviewed material vs. interpersonal competencies. This research concluded that project management interpersonal transferrable skills are the ones that will be most highly sought in selected project performance in Addis Ababa city. The interpersonal skills named communication, leadership, negotiation, adaptability, and diligence will need to concentrate on those competencies within performance of project success this research should help construction project manager and engineers to be aware of interpersonal skills that they need to possess to improve their performance. Finally the framework provides a sound foundation for future studies that focused on project managers interpersonal skills.