Akademika 91(1), 2021: 181-194 https://doi.org/10.17576/akad-2021-9101-15 Pengaruh Faktor Personaliti Pengurus Projek dalam Projek Pembangunan Influence of Project Managers’ Personality Factor in Development Projects NURUL HUDA MUSA & AZIMA ABDUL MANAF ABSTRAK Kejayaan projek lazimnya dinilai melalui pencapaian kriteria masa, kos dan skop atau lebih dikenali sebagai iron triangle. Dalam konteks projek pembangunan pula, pencapaian impak projek merupakan kriteria kejayaan projek yang penting di samping pencapaian iron triangle. Pencapaian kriteria kejayaan projek ini dipengaruhi oleh pelbagai faktor yang perlu dikenal pasti oleh pihak yang bertanggungjawab dalam menguruskan projek. Dalam hal ini, pengurus projek dilihat mempunyai kapasiti tanggungjawab yang paling besar terhadap kejayaan projek. Oleh itu, pengurus projek perlu memahami konteks projek dengan menyeluruh dalam menentukan pencapaian kejayaan projek. Oleh yang demikian faktor personaliti ditekankan kerana dapat menggambarkan pemahaman dan kecenderungan individu terhadap persekitarannya dengan konsisten. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti sejauh mana pengaruh faktor personaliti pengurus projek dalam menentukan kejayaan mengurus sesebuah projek pembangunan. Kajian kuantitatif dijalankan menggunakan kaji selidik personaliti berdasarkan Model Personaliti Lima Faktor dan persepsi terhadap keberkesanan mengurus projek. Kajian dijalankan ke atas keseluruhan pengurus projek yang bertugas di Unit Penyelarasan Pelaksanaan, Jabatan Perdana Menteri yang berjumlah seramai 80 orang. Hasil kajian dianalisis menggunakan kolerasi Pearson dan regresi linear berganda untuk menjelaskan pengaruh personaliti pengurus projek terhadap keberkesanan mengurus projek. Keputusan kajian mendapati kebersetujuan, keberhemahan,ekstroversi dan keterbukaan mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dalam mempengaruhi keberkesanan mengurus pengurus projek. Analisis mendapati ekstroversi dan kebersetujuan merupakan faktor yang paling dominan dalam menentukan keberkesanan mengurus projek. Oleh itu, faktor ciri personaliti pengurus projek perlu diberikan penekanan khusus dalam menentukan keberkesanan kejayaan mengurus projek pembangunan. Kata kunci: Pengurusan projek pembangunan; kejayaan projek; pengurus projek; personaliti; keberkesanan mengurus projek ABSTRACT The success of the project is usually assessed through the achievement of time, cost and scope criteria or better known as an iron triangle. In the context of development projects, project impact achievements are important to project success criteria as well as iron triangle achievement. The achievement of the success criteria of the project is influenced by various factors that need to be identified by the responsible parties in managing the project. In this regard, project managers are seen to have the greatest responsibility capacity for the success of the project. Therefore, project managers need to understand the context of the project thoroughly in determining the success of the project. Therefore, personality factors are emphasized because they can reflect the individual’s understanding and inclination towards his environment consistently. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the extent of the influence of project managers’ personality factors in determining the success of managing a development project. Quantitative studies were conducted using personality surveys based on the Five-Factor Personality Model and the perception of the effectiveness of managing the project. The study was conducted on all project managers working in the Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister’s Department with a total number of 80 people. The result of the study was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and multiple linear regressions to explain the influence of the project manager’s personality on the effectiveness of managing the project. The results of the study found that consensus, prudence, extroversion and openness had a significant relationship in influencing the effectiveness of managing project by the managers. The analysis found that extroversion and consensus are the most dominant factor in determining the effectiveness of managing the project. Therefore, the personality characteristic factor of the project manager should be given special emphasis on determining the effectiveness of the success of managing development projects. Keywords: development project management; project success; project manager; personality; project management effectiveness