Title: Competency model for female project managers in the construction industry: a case study in Malaysia

Authors: Mastura Jaafar; Azlan Raofuddin Nuruddin; Nur Liyana Othman; Alireza Jalali

Addresses: Department of Quantity Surveying, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia ' Department of Quantity Surveying, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia ' Department of Quantity Surveying, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia ' Department of Quantity Surveying, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Abstract: The limited number of female project managers within the Malaysia construction industry suggests the pressing need of information relating to their competency. Further, it is the realisation that their contribution is crucial for transforming Malaysia into a developed country by 2020. Against this background, this study seeks to put forward a model assessing the female project managers' competency level. This study qualitatively tests the proposed framework, which quantitatively constructed based on several competency models introduced in previous literature. From the female perspective, findings highlight the project managers' equal competency level of both genders. Within the context of the Malaysian construction industry, the competency model for female project managers is proposed.

Keywords: competency models; construction industry; female project managers; input competencies; personal competencies; output competencies; Malaysia; women managers; gender; case study; project management; competency levels.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2016.076388

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2016 Vol.8 No.2, pp.197 - 215

Received: 18 Jan 2013
Accepted: 14 Dec 2013
Published online: 06 May 2016 *

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