This paper demonstrates the personality traits (PTs) of project managers (PMs) that have a positive impact on the delivery of sustainable development (SD) projects. A pertinent literature review is performed to determine the PTs that result in the successful adoption and implementation of projects. Then, this has been narrowed down to focus on the PMs’ PTs that have a positive impact on the delivery of SD projects. Based on the different arguments, the primary purpose of this investigation is to provide a conceptual framework that illustrates the PMs’ PTs that positively influence the delivery of SD projects. The exploration indicates that there are five main categories of PMs’ PTs that influence the success of SD projects that are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience. As a result, this research provides a conceptual framework inclusively for PMs, to relate the found PTs to the efficacious completion of SD projects. Primarily, the study conceptual framework explains that PMs who acquire the found PTs have a higher potential to efficiently deliver SD projects.
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