... the traits of general contractor project managers; sheet metal and air conditioning field leaders (specialty field leaders) and sheet metal, air conditioning and electrical project managers (specialty project managers) in the United States for job role transition purposes. The groups’ mean scores for each...

...Haona Yao; Hongwei Fu; Yongqiang Lu; Pengpeng Xu; Liang Wang Purpose As project managers are in the central position of sustainable project management (SPM), their competencies become an important factor that affects the outcome of SPM. However, literature lacks a clear description of the project...

...Kofi Agyekum; Samuel Amos-Abanyie; Victoria Maame Afriyie Kumah; Augustine Senanu Komla Kukah; Burcu Salgin Purpose There are significantly fewer women than men in managerial positions, mainly project management. This problem is noticeable in the construction and engineering sectors, traditionally...

...Yan Ning; Florence Yean Yng Ling Purpose Project managers rely on control strategies to deliver excellent outputs. However, little is known about how clients' project managers select control strategies in projects which are knowledge-intensive and have intangible outputs. This study aims...

... in various industries has hitherto received scant academic attention in a construction context. This paper thus explores the linkages between project manager's mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the construction industry. Design/methodology/approach Literature reviewed provides the basis...

...Florence Yean Yng Ling; Yan Ning; Yi Hao Chang; Zhe Zhang Purpose More attention should be paid to project managers’ (PMs) job satisfaction as they play an important role in ensuring projects are completed successfully. The purpose of this paper is to identify human resource management (HRM...