Empirical Analysis of the Transactional Leadership Style and Its Influence on the Implementation of Devolved Systems of Government in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisii County
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 5
Abstract
The concept of leadership has been studied extensively over the past years but still remains fairly puzzling due to the fact that none of the leadership theory can wholly account for the diversity of leaders and the nature of their leadership dealings. For effectiveness, the leadership style should be adaptive such that it can be adjusted to suit a particular operational environment. The kind of leadership style that is employed within an organization dictates the success or failure of an organization. The Kenyan constitution that was enacted in 2010 provided for the establishment of devolved governments headed by governors. These devolved units consist of diverse groups of employees, some of which were absorbed from the defunct municipal, county and city councils. Since the county governments are new forms of governments, the employees need to adapt to the new forms of government by adjusting their ways of doing things. There is need to study the influence of leadership styles in the implementation of the devolved governments. This is in realization of the fact within a period span of four years; it has become evident that there exist challenges in the effective implementation of these devolved units of government. This paper sought to find out the influence of transactional leadership style on the implementation of devolved governments in Kenya, using Kisii County as case study. The devolved government’s performance was measured using five constructs: operational efficiency, quality of services, improved healthcare, expanded road network, and enabling environment for business. On the other, transactional leadership style was measured using staff remuneration, results achievement, leader confidence in staff, goals and standards. The results obtained indicated that transactional leadership measures have positive and significant correlation coefficient of 0.9536 with the implementation of devolved governments constructs.
Authors and Affiliations
Noah Okong’o Ongige, Dr. Emmanuel Awuor
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