| Acknowledgements | 第5-14页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第14-15页 |
| 摘要 | 第16-17页 |
| 1 INTRODUCTION | 第17-27页 |
| 1.1 BACKGROUND | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2 RESEARCH PROBLEM | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第22-23页 |
| 1.5 RESEARCH BOUNDARY | 第23-25页 |
| 1.6 ORGANIZATION OF THE DISSERTATION | 第25-27页 |
| 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第27-40页 |
| 2.1 COMPETENCE PERSPECTIVES | 第27-33页 |
| 2.1.1 Soft Competencies | 第29-31页 |
| 2.1.2 Importance of Soft Competencies | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2 SOFT COMPETENCIES-THE MISSING LINK IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT | 第33-36页 |
| 2.3 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SOFT COMPETENCIES AND PROJECT MANAGERS' PERFORMANCE | 第36-40页 |
| 3 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT | 第40-76页 |
| 3.1 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT MANAGERS' CRITICAL SOFT COMPETENCIES | 第40-56页 |
| 3.1.1 Project Managers' Soft Competencies Identified by Organizations andAuthors | 第40-52页 |
| 3.1.1.1 Soft Competencies by Project Management Institute | 第40-43页 |
| 3.1.1.2 Soft Competencies by International Project Management Association | 第43-46页 |
| 3.1.1.3 Soft Competencies by Australian Institute of Project Management | 第46页 |
| 3.1.1.4 Crawford's Integrated Model of Project Management Competence | 第46-49页 |
| 3.1.1.5 Toney's Professionalism Competencies Sub-Wheel | 第49-50页 |
| 3.1.1.6 Skulmoski,Hartman and Demaere's Project Competence Profile | 第50-51页 |
| 3.1.1.7 Skulmoski's List of Soft Competencies | 第51-52页 |
| 3.1.2 Categorization of Soft Competencies for this Dissertation | 第52-56页 |
| 3.2 HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT | 第56-64页 |
| 3.2.1 Emotional Intelligence and Its Linkage with Project Success | 第56-58页 |
| 3.2.2 Transformational Leadership and Its Linkage with Project Success | 第58-60页 |
| 3.2.3 Communication Competence and Its Linkage with Project Success | 第60-61页 |
| 3.2.4 Teamwork and Its Linkage with Project Success | 第61页 |
| 3.2.5 Negotiation and Its Linkage with Project Success | 第61-64页 |
| 3.3 THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK | 第64-76页 |
| 3.3.1 Influences Mechanism with Mediation Relations | 第65-70页 |
| 3.3.2 The Influences Mechanism with Moderating Relations | 第70-76页 |
| 4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第76-91页 |
| 4.1 APPROACH TO RESEARCH | 第76-78页 |
| 4.1.1 Mixed Method Research Design | 第76-77页 |
| 4.1.2 Population and Sample | 第77-78页 |
| 4.2 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION | 第78-83页 |
| 4.2.1 Research Instrument for Quantitative phase | 第80-83页 |
| 4.2.2 Research Instrument for Qualitative Analysis | 第83页 |
| 4.3 DATA CODING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTITATIVE DATA | 第83-90页 |
| 4.3.1 Data Screening/Assumption Testing for Regression /Structural EquationModeling | 第83-86页 |
| 4.3.2 Reliability Analysis | 第86-87页 |
| 4.3.3 Factorial Validity | 第87-88页 |
| 4.3.4 Model Fit Assessment | 第88页 |
| 4.3.5 Common Method Variance | 第88-89页 |
| 4.3.6 Structural Equation Modeling | 第89-90页 |
| 4.4 DATA CODING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE FOR QUALITATIVE DATA | 第90-91页 |
| 4.4.1 Transcription of Data | 第90页 |
| 4.4.2 Grouping of Responses: | 第90页 |
| 4.4.3 Analysis and Interpretation | 第90-91页 |
| 5 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS | 第91-144页 |
| 5.1 SAMPLE COMPOSITION | 第92-100页 |
| 5.1.1 Sample Composition by Countries of the Respondents | 第92-93页 |
| 5.1.2 Sample Composition by Respondent Role | 第93页 |
| 5.1.3 Sample Composition by Gender | 第93-94页 |
| 5.1.4 Sample Composition by Age Group | 第94-95页 |
| 5.1.5 Sample Composition by Qualification | 第95-96页 |
| 5.1.6 Sample Composition by Total Construction Sector Work Experience | 第96-97页 |
| 5.1.7 Sample Composition by Nature of Projects | 第97-98页 |
| 5.1.8 Sample Composition by Types of Projects | 第98-99页 |
| 5.1.9 Sample Composition by Average Monetary Value of the of Projects | 第99-100页 |
| 5.2 FREQUENCY ANALYSIS | 第100-113页 |
| 5.2.1 Frequency Analysis of Emotional Intelligence | 第100-103页 |
| 5.2.2 Frequency Analysis of Transformational Leadership | 第103-104页 |
| 5.2.3 Frequency Analysis of Communication Competence | 第104-105页 |
| 5.2.4 Frequency Analysis of Teamwork Competence | 第105-106页 |
| 5.2.5 Frequency Analysis of Negotiation Competence | 第106-107页 |
| 5.2.6 Frequency Analysis of Job Satisfaction | 第107-108页 |
| 5.2.7 Frequency Analysis of Trust | 第108-110页 |
| 5.2.8 Frequency Analysis of Project Complexity | 第110-112页 |
| 5.2.9 Frequency Analysis of Project Success | 第112-113页 |
| 5.3 DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES | 第113-135页 |
| 5.3.1 Data Screening,Normality and Reliability of the Data | 第114页 |
| 5.3.2 Descriptive | 第114-116页 |
| 5.3.3 Construct Validity | 第116页 |
| 5.3.4 Confirmatory Factor Analysis | 第116-118页 |
| 5.3.5 Correlation | 第118-120页 |
| 5.3.6 Hypothesis Testing(For Direct and Mediation Relations) | 第120-127页 |
| 5.3.7 Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis(For Moderation Analysis) | 第127-135页 |
| 5.4 QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS | 第135-144页 |
| 5.4.1 Ranking of Project Managers' Soft Competencies | 第137-138页 |
| 5.4.2 Soft Competencies Required for Project Managers | 第138-139页 |
| 5.4.3 Complexity of Managing Projects | 第139-141页 |
| 5.4.4 Improvisation of Project Managers' Soft Competencies | 第141-144页 |
| 6 DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 第144-167页 |
| 6.1 DISCUSSION ABOUT INFLUENCES OF PROJECT MANAGERS'SOFT COMPETENCIES ON PROJECTSUCCESS | 第144-151页 |
| 6.1.1 Discussion about Direct Influences of Project Managers'Soft Competencieson Project Success | 第144-147页 |
| 6.1.2 Discussion about Indirect Influences of Project Managers'SoftCompetencies on Project Success | 第147-151页 |
| 6.2 IMPROVISATION OF PROJECT MANAGERS' SOFT COMPETENCIES | 第151-157页 |
| 6.2.1 Developing Critical Thinking for Dealing with Complexity | 第151-152页 |
| 6.2.2 Developing both Interpersonal and Technical Skills for Project Managers | 第152-153页 |
| 6.2.3 Creating Knowledge in the Context of its Application | 第153-154页 |
| 6.2.4 Paying Attention to both Academic Education and Continuous Training andDevelopment | 第154-157页 |
| 6.3 PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE FINDINGS | 第157-161页 |
| 6.4 IMPROVING SOFT COMPETENCIES THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS | 第161-167页 |
| 6.4.1 The Process of Learning | 第161-163页 |
| 6.4.2 An Effective Training Program | 第163-164页 |
| 6.4.3 More is Required | 第164-167页 |
| 7 CONCLUSION | 第167-176页 |
| 7.1 CONCLUSIONS | 第167-168页 |
| 7.2 CONTRIBUTIONS | 第168-172页 |
| 7.2.1 Contributions to Theory | 第168-170页 |
| 7.2.2 Contributions to Practice | 第170-172页 |
| 7.3 LIMITATIONS | 第172-173页 |
| 7.4 FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF THE STUDY | 第173-176页 |
| REFERENCES | 第176-203页 |
| APPENDICES | 第203-218页 |
| 作者简历及攻读博士学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第218-223页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第223页 |
