Efficacy of Transformational Leadership on Performance of Mandera County Government in Kenya
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2022-06
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DAUD, YUSSUF MOHAMED
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PAC University
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Mandera County has faced a plethora of challenges including its inability to marshal, develop, direct and control the human and financial resources leading to maladministration and poor service delivery, among others. Transformational leadership is the panacea for solving contemporary management and leadership challenges in sub-national levels. This study investigated the efficacy of transformational leadership and performance of Mandera County government in Kenya focusing on the 4Is of transformational. The objectives of the study were to: investigate the role of individualized considerations, determine the influence of inspirational motivation, establish the effects of idealized influence, assess the role of intellectual stimulation, and assess the moderating role of national government policies on the relationship between transformational leadership and performance of Mandera County government in Kenya. The study adopted modified Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) from Bass and Avolio (1995) which is heavily applied to measure the transformational leadership in private and public sector. The target population for the study comprised of the personnel elected and appointed and/or in the office of the Governor, Members of County Assembly and public service board employees of the county government who are concerned with the day – to – day running of the county affairs of the County Government of Mandera (N=696). Stratified simple random sampling technique was applied to select the sample size from the total population (n=247). The study used structured questionnaires as the primary tool for data collection. SPSS version 24 was applied to compute descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the test of hypothesis using simple linear regression indicate that individualized consideration, inspirational motivation and idealized influence do not have a statistically significant influence on the performance of Mandera County Government (p>.05). In contrast, intellectual stimulation had a statistically significant association with performance of Mandera County Government (p<.05), while government policies have a statistically significant moderating effect on the relationship between transformational leadership and performance of Mandera County Government (p<.05). However, the multiple linear regression analysis indicates that three of the 4Is of TL (individualized consideration, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation) excluding idealized influence were significantly associated with the performance of the County Government of Mandera. For effective transformational leadership, the study recommends that the success or failure of leadership depends on the compliance to the legal, fiscal, and policy framework, among other government policies.