INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP ON PERFORMANCE OF DT-SACCOS IN EMBU COUNTY
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The study examined the influence of strategic leadership on performance of deposit taking SACCOS. The study took place in Embu County which according to SASRA 2020 had six registered Deposit taking SACCOS. The study was guided by Stakeholders’ theory which identifies well with cooperatives and serves the interests of varying stakeholders in the society and Resource-Based View theory which advocates for better use of internal resources of an organization. The target population of the study was all the Management staff (CEOs and Head of departments) at the head offices of the six registered deposit taking SACCOS in Embu County. The study took on a descriptive research design and used both quantitative and qualitative methods of collecting data. A semi-structured questionnaire used as the instrument of collecting data was administered to the chief executive officers and departmental managers of the six deposit taking SACCOS, who were the study population. The study used census with the attempt of gathering information from the targeted study population. The collected data was analysed with the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Software and a regression model was used to assess the extent to which the independent variable influenced the dependent variable. From the analyzed results all the 54 responds were available during data collection, making a total of 100% of available response rate. The findings indicated that strategic leadership influences the performance of DT-SACCOS. A pilot test was done to determine whether there was any significant correlation between strategic leadership and performance and Cronbach’s alpha method was used to assess and compute alpha values. The study concluded that strategic leadership positively influenced performance of DT-SACCOs and recommends Strategic leadership was found out to be a key factor that affects performance in deposit taking SACCOS in Embu County therefore the study recommended that the management of the deposit taking SACCOS continue to use effective leadership roles in ensuring that the goals for the SACCOS are well articulated by all the employees.
Key words: Strategic Leadership, Performance, Deposit Taking SACCOs
CITATION: Nyaga, S. M., Muhoho, J. K., & Kinyua, G. (2021). Influence of strategic leadership on performance of DT-SACCOs in Embu County. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 8 (4), 27 –32.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v8i4.2083
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