Human resource retention can also be studied as it was seldom mentioned in any of the project HRM literature. The dynamism nature of a project requires employees to work outside their comfort zone, and this may lead to high turnover.
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5 APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Relationship between activities performed and success factors
Q10.1 Q10.2 Q10.3 Q10.4 Q10.5
Spearman’s rho
Q6.1 Correlation Coefficient
.250 -.252 .060 .162 .055 Sig. (2-tailed) .115 .112 .708 .312 .732
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.2 Correlation Coefficient
-.016 .148 -.171 -.147 -.123 Sig. (2-tailed) .922 .355 .285 .360 .445
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.3 Correlation Coefficient
-.003 -.050 .151 -.026 -.228 Sig. (2-tailed) .983 .755 .346 .874 .151
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.4 Correlation Coefficient
-.079 -.217 -.085 -.128 -.174 Sig. (2-tailed) .625 .172 .596 .425 .276
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.5 Correlation Coefficient
.498** .067 .214 .266 .120 Sig. (2-tailed) .001 .677 .180 .093 .456
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.6 Correlation Coefficient
.170 .037 -.066 -.088 .148 Sig. (2-tailed) .288 .819 .680 .582 .357
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.7 Correlation Coefficient
.073 -.153 -.234 -.227 .055 Sig. (2-tailed) .650 .339 .140 .154 .734
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.8 Correlation Coefficient
.246 -.032 .040 .198 .059
Sig. (2-tailed) .121 .841 .804 .215 .715
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.9 Correlation Coefficient
-.081 .004 -.115 -.038 .059 Sig. (2-tailed) .617 .982 .472 .815 .714
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q6.10 Correlation Coefficient
-.182 .036 -.029 -.341* -.155 Sig. (2-tailed) .255 .824 .857 .029 .334
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.1 Correlation Coefficient
.075 .101 .337* .065 -.051 Sig. (2-tailed) .641 .531 .031 .685 .754
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.2 Correlation Coefficient
.352* .138 .150 .182 .287 Sig. (2-tailed) .024 .389 .349 .254 .069
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.3 Correlation Coefficient
.435** .055 .121 -.096 .247 Sig. (2-tailed) .004 .733 .452 .552 .119
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.4 Correlation Coefficient
.372* -.036 .122 -.133 .151 Sig. (2-tailed) .017 .822 .448 .408 .346
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.5 Correlation Coefficient
.022 -.048 .030 -.026 .003 Sig. (2-tailed) .890 .768 .850 .871 .986
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.6 Correlation Coefficient
-.055 .111 -.157 .045 -.045 Sig. (2-tailed) .734 .490 .327 .779 .780
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.7 Correlation Coefficient
.211 -.087 -.086 .080 .239 Sig. (2-tailed) .184 .589 .593 .620 .133
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.8 Correlation Coefficient
.157 .047 .290 .120 -.088 Sig. (2-tailed) .328 .771 .066 .454 .585
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q7.9 Correlation Coefficient
.176 -.089 .029 -.155 .007 Sig. (2-tailed) .270 .581 .859 .332 .968
N 41 41 41 41 41 Q8.1 Correlation
Coefficient
.239 -.001 .149 -.071 -.064 Sig. (2-tailed) .132 .993 .351 .657 .693
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.2 Correlation Coefficient
.403** .108 .250 .226 .142 Sig. (2-tailed) .009 .500 .115 .156 .376
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.3 Correlation Coefficient
.422** .035 .175 .194 .054 Sig. (2-tailed) .006 .827 .274 .223 .737
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.4 Correlation Coefficient
.239 -.032 .148 .138 .010 Sig. (2-tailed) .133 .843 .357 .391 .951
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.5 Correlation Coefficient
.350* .063 .245 .304 .107 Sig. (2-tailed) .025 .697 .123 .053 .505
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.6 Correlation Coefficient
.235 .064 .271 .061 .059 Sig. (2-tailed) .139 .691 .087 .706 .715
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.7 Correlation Coefficient
.373* .170 .208 .027 .041 Sig. (2-tailed) .016 .287 .192 .866 .798
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q8.8 Correlation Coefficient
.189 .167 .310* .169 .047 Sig. (2-tailed) .236 .296 .048 .290 .768
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q9.1 Correlation Coefficient
-.075 -.042 .080 -.063 -.195 Sig. (2-tailed) .639 .793 .617 .695 .222
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q9.2 Correlation Coefficient
-.234 -.215 -.098 -.182 -.178 Sig. (2-tailed) .141 .177 .543 .254 .265
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q9.3 Correlation Coefficient
-.333* -.099 -.175 -.171 -.231 Sig. (2-tailed) .033 .536 .274 .284 .146
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q9.4 Correlation Coefficient
-.232 -.005 .008 -.195 -.229 Sig. (2-tailed) .145 .977 .963 .223 .149
N 41 41 41 41 41
Q9.5 Correlation Coefficient
-.114 -.062 -.013 - .401**
-.200 Sig. (2-tailed) .480 .700 .935 .009 .211
N 41 41 41 41 41
* = correlation is significant at 0.05 level
** = correlation is significant at 0.01 level
APPENDIX B: Survey Questionnaire
Q1:
1.1 Name of respondent (Optional):______________________________
1.2 E-mail:________________________________
1.3 Telephone number(Optional):_________________________________
Q2:
2. Position:
Engineer
Assistant engineer
Technician
Operator
Project manager
Department head
Other:_________________
Q3:
3. The type of industry you are currently in:
Manufacturing
Health care (pharmaceuticals and biotech)
Financials (e.g. banks, insurance, financial services, investment)
Information Technology
Construction
Developer
Contractor
Consultant
Others, please indicate _____________________________________
Q4:
Project details
4.1 The project size in RM:__________________
4.2 The project duration in months:______________
4.3 The number of participants in the project :________
Q5:
Company Details
5.1 The annual turnover in RM:______________________
5.2 The number of employees:_______________________
Q6:
On the scale of 0 to 5, 0 is never, 1 is rarely and 5 is always please indicate how often those items were practices in your organization
Item
Project Team Member Selection Practices
Yes No
Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely Never
5 4 3 2 1 0 6.1 Take place before the project starts
6.2 Take place when the project is ongoing 6.3 Employees are allowed to choose the project
they want
6.4 Negotiation with the respective staff to ensure project gets competent staff
6.5 Project members are pre-assigned by the management
6.6 Project members are hired from other organizations
6.7 Employees from a far off location from the project location may also be hired to be a part of the team
6.8 Project manager is pre-assigned by the management
6.9 Project manager is hired from other organization
6.10 Project manager is nominated by the team members
6.11 Others______________________________
________
Q7:
On the scale of 0 to 5, 0 is never, 1 is rarely and 5 is always please indicate how often those items were practices in your organization
Item Project Team Development Practices
Yes
N o
Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely Never
5 4 3 2 1 0 7.1 Team Building activities provided
7.2 On-the-job training provided 7.3 Computer-based training provided
7.4 Non computer-based classroom training provided
7.5 Mentoring or coaching by other team members 7.6 Rotating work assignment among team
members
7.7 Team members are encouraged to join external seminar or courses which are useful
7.8 Contributions are recognized with monetary rewards
7.9 Contributions are recognized with promotion 7.10 Others_________________________________
_______
Q8:
On the scale of 0 to 5, 0 is never, 1 is rarely and 5 is always please indicate how often those items were practices in your organization
Item Project Team Management Practices
Yes
N o
Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely Never
5 4 3 2 1 0 8.1 Ground rules discussed when starting the
project
8.2 Project progress are monitored regularly
8.3 Conversation is used to solve interpersonal issues
8.4 Solve conflict strategically by following a set of established procedure of mechanism
8.5 Electronic communications such as email or intranet is used to communicate with members in geographically dispersed area
8.6 Project members from geographically dispersed area are relocated to close proximity for critical times
8.7 Performance appraisal conducted during the course of the project
8.8 Issues arises is logged in a written document 8.9 Others_________________________________
_______
Q9:
On the scale of 0 to 5, 0 is never, 1 is rarely and 5 is always please indicate how often those items were practices in your organization
Item Project Team Dispersion Practices
Yes
N o
Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely Never
5 4 3 2 1 0 9.1 Debriefing after the completion of project
9.2 Counseling provided on job opportunities available in the company
9.3 Go through training if there is no work in the near future
9.4 Involve in training other employees if there is no work in the near future
9.5 Team members are held abeyance if there is no work in the near future