Classification of Characteristics of Project Managers of a Government Research Center in Turkey

The purpose of this study is to classify the characteristics of project managers of a government research center in Turkey. The traits identified in the literature were condensed into seven distinct skills and attributes, leadership ability, communication skill, decision making skill, administrative skill, coping ability, analytical thinking, and technical competence. The importance of this study theoretically, is to state characteristics and classification of project managers of a government research center in Turkey. Since project management literature mainly deals with selection criteria and performances of project managers, this study is important to close the gap in the literature. In this study, descriptive research is used as a pre-cursor to quantitative research designs, and sampling unit will be among the project managers working in state agencies, and in the research and development center. Data are collected through quantitative methods employing systematic standardized approach via survey. The results taken from the questionnaires are evaluated by SPSS 23.0 for windows statistics software. Data analysis included frequency tables of demographic properties of participators, factor analysis, validity and reliability tests, correlation, T-Test and one-way ANOVA. The results of the analysis will shed light for future studies on the comparison of project management personal attributes in different sectors.