Exploring the Effect of Team Personality Traits, Role Behaviour and Job Performance on Project Success. A Case of Telecom Projects in Emerging Markets.

Abstract

Abstract Team personality traits enable project practitioners to deliver project success through role behaviour and job performance. However, various team personality traits influence role behaviour and job performance. Project success is a challenging phenomenon for project practitioners, where different factors play a critical role in project success. The objective of this study is to explore the effect of team personality traits on project success, with moderating effects of role behaviour and job performance. The study includes participants from telecom organisations in Nigeria, an emerging market, using the survey-structured quantitative data collection technique. The five-factors personal traits model was used to assess the individual participants and personal traits and team role experience and orientation factors. The collected data was analysed using the SPSS AMOS v29, with the results indicating that personal trait factors of agreeableness and conscientiousness are positive predictors of project success. In contrast, openness, extraversion and neuroticism did not have a strong correlation with project success in this context. The findings also concluded that the team role experience and orientation supported the role behaviour impact on project success. The team role experience and orientation model factors as moderators to role behaviour and job performance, which are relevant to the theory and practice and provide in-depth insight that is valuable for project practitioners, decision-makers, individuals, and scholars.