These days local governments deliver many different types of projects in order to satisfy the needs of regional provinces. In these projects, civil servants of the local governments become the ordering customer and private firms become the contractors...
These days local governments deliver many different types of projects in order to satisfy the needs of regional provinces. In these projects, civil servants of the local governments become the ordering customer and private firms become the contractors who actually carry out the project works. Usually, the civil servants do not have as much expertise and knowledge as the private contractors about the projects since they are assigned to the positions by job rotations. Consequently, the performance of the projects are less than desired or expected. The purpose of this study is to examine whether the personal competency of civil servants has any impact on the project performance in those projects ordered by local governments. The research model contains project types as moderating variable and managerial competency as mediating variable. We collected data by using questionnaire from the civil servants who had the experience of supervising the projects in the local governments. The results show that the personal competency of civil servants partially affects the project performance, and that managerial competency played a mediating role between personal competency and the project performance. The moderating effect of project types are also partially accepted. The implication of the study is that it is necessary to provide project management education and training for those civil servants who are involved in supervising the projects carried out by private contractors.