THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS IN TEAM SELECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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1 THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS IN TEAM SELECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CHONG YEW PUAY PB12076 BACHELOR OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH HONORS UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG

2 THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS IN TEAM SELECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CHONG YEW PUAY Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Project Management with Hons Faculty of Industrial Management UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG NOV 2015

3 i SUPERVISOR S DECLARATION I hereby declare that I have checked this thesis and in my opinion, this thesis is adequate in terms of scope and quality for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Project Management with Honors. Signature : Name of Supervisor : Position : Date :

4 ii STUDENT S DECLARATION I hereby declare that the work in this thesis is my own except for quotations and summaries which have been duly acknowledged. The thesis has not been accepted for any degree and is not concurrently submitted for award of other degree. Signature : Name : CHONG YEW PUAY ID Number : PB12076 Date :

5 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS SUPERVISOR S DECLARATION STUDENT S DECRALATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT ABSTRAK TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES Page i ii iii iv v vi ix x CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction Background of the Research Problem Statement Scope of Research Research Objectives Research Questions Significant of Study Limitation of Study Expected Outcome Research Design Summary 8 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Introduction Big Five Personality Traits Openness to Experience Conscientiousness Extraversion 13

6 vii Agreeableness Neuroticism Construction Project Team Project Manager Team Member Team Selection Team Performance High Team Performance Big Five Personality Test Benefits of Big Five Personality Test Summary 20 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.0 Introduction Research Objectives Research Design Unit Analysis Population and Sampling Data Collection Techniques Design of Questionnaire Development of Questionnaire Section Demography Section B (Personality Test) Section C Data Analysis Descriptive Analysis Reliability Test Normality Test Summary 29 CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS 4.0 Introduction Respondents Profile 30

7 viii 4.2 Pilot Test Analysis Normality Test Descriptive Analysis Ranking for Identifies the Significant Personality Traits 36 Based on Big Five Personality Traits in Team Selection for Construction Project Analyze the Influence of these Big Five Personality Traits 42 in Team Selection for Construction Project 4.5 Summary 43 CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 5.0 Introduction Conclusion Limitation Recommendation for Future Research 47 REFERENCES 48 APPENDICES A Gantt Chart for Final Year Project 1 52 Gantt Chart for Final Year Project 2 53 B Questionnaire 54 C Reliability Test 59

8 ix LIST OF TABLES Table No. Titles Page 2.1 Big Five Personality Traits Table for determining sampling size Frequency and Percentage of Respondents Gender Frequency and Percentage of Respondents Job Position Frequency and Percentage of Respondents Work Experience Frequency and Percentage of Respondents Age Cronbach s Alpha Value of Variables Section B Cronbach s Alpha Value of Variables Section C Descriptive Statistic for Personality Variables Ranking for Extraversion Ranking for Agreeableness Ranking for Conscientiousness Ranking for Neuroticism Ranking for Openness Ranking for Big Five Personality Traits Ranking for Big Five Personality Traits 43

9 x LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Titles Page 1.1 Flow Chart of Research Sample Size Formulation Respondents Gender Respondents Job Position Respondents Work Experiences Respondents Age Means Value for Extraversion Mean Value for Agreeableness Mean Value for Conscientiousness Mean Value for Neuroticism Mean Value for Openness Means Value for Big Five Personality Traits Comparing Total Mean Value for Big Five Personality Traits 43