The Relationship between Strategic Assets and Project Performance: Special Reference to Government and Non-Government Organizations in Sri Lanka

Project performance is related to project success; therefore, it is essential to concern about the strategic assets of an organization. Hence, the prime objective of the study is to examine the relationship between the characteristics of strategic assets and the project performance of Government and Non-Government Organizations. This study was conducted by collecting primary data from 115 project managers and project team members of selected government and non-government organizations in the Batticaloa district. Univariate and correlation analyses were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that valuable, inimitable characteristics and project level performance are at a higher level, but the rare characteristic is at a low level among the sample. The findings also disclosed that there is a significant positive relationship between valuable, inimitable characteristics and project performance, while rare characteristic have a significant negative relationship with project performance.