INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATION CULTURE ON LEADERSHIP STYLE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA, A CASE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KISUMU; KENYA
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Organizational culture has an influence on nearly all facets of an organization’s performance, particularly in respect of workers and interlinking up at their areas of operations. Leadership Style leans on Culture and norms of an organization; hence Leadership Style determines the demeanor of employees and the manner in which they interact internally and externally. Leadership Style determines several aspects of employee treatment and their relationships. Accordingly cohesive organizational culture underpins higher productivity, improves employee morale, affects work attitudes and encourages employee dedication. Clan Culture being a functional element of Organizational culture also constraints and directs management behavior which affects firm Leadership that ultimately impacts on performance through decision making process and formulation of strategy and its implementation. Most scholars have done studies supporting there exist correlation between Clan Culture and Leadership Style, while others dispute this scholarly idea. The objective of the study was to examine the influence of Clan Culture on Leadership Style of the County Government of Kenya, County Government of Kisumu; Kenya. This study applied descriptive survey research design. The study used a structured questionnaire on collection of primary data from the County Government of Kisumu; Kenya. Pilot study was done on the County Government of Kakamega; Kenya, hence this enabled for testing of the reliability and validity of the research instrument. The study descriptive and inferential statistics was analyzed by use of SPSS software version 24, further; a regression equation model was developed to test the relationships between Clan Culture and Leadership Style. The results of the findings indicated Clan Culture influenced Leadership Style of the County Government of Kisumu; Kenya. The study recommended for County Governments to embrace the use of Clan Culture practice since it improves the Leadership Style that ultimately improves performance. The study recommends for further studies on the same considering same variables but different methodologies.
Key words: Clan Culture, Organization Culture, Leadership Style
CITATION: Macodero, O. B., Kadima, M. J., & Juma, D. (2022). Influence of organization culture on leadership style in county governments in Kenya, A case of county government of Kisumu; Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (2), 168 – 182.
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