Transformation Leadership and Performance of Kenya Airways in Kenya
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Date
2023
Authors
Nasivili, Arthur Samson Sapiri
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Performance concerns such as employee satisfaction, competitive advantage, employee
turnover and succession planning have been deteriorating in Kenya Airways due to
leadership wrangles and corruption. This has led to losses in the organization,
necessitating the undertaking of this study. The study therefore aimed at examining the
effect of transformational.leadership on performance in.Kenya using Kenya Airways as
the case study. Objectives of the study included; Establishing how intellectual stimulation
influences performance of Kenya Airways, determine how individualized consideration
influences performance of Kenya Airways, examine how inspirational motivation
influences performance of Kenya Airways and investigate how idealized influence
influences performance of Kenya Airways. The study was founded on contingency theory
of leadership, transactional theory of leadership, transformational theory of leadership
and goal setting theory. The study adopted descriptive type of research design while
using structured questionnaires to collect primary data from Kenya Airways . Analysis of
data was carried out using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. The study
targeted Kenya Airways Limited which formed the unit of analysis of the study. Focus
was on the employees of Kenya Airways starting from senior level of management to the
junior employees and they therefore formed the unit of observation of the study.
Construct.validity gave a description on whether support was given by the case study in
regard to the interpretation of the.variables that were used, Cronbach’s Alpha
technique.was used to estimate the reliability of data. The study found out that
intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation and
idealized influence have a postive and statistically signficant effect on performance of
Kenya Airways in Kenya. The findings of this study are signicant in that they will benefit
the.Government of Kenya since its outcome will suggest the extent to which
various.components of transformational leadership are believed to influence performance
in privatized companies in Kenya.
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in Business Administration (Strategic Management) Kenyatta University, May, 2023.
Keywords
Transformation Leadership, Performance of Kenya Airways, Kenya Airways, Kenya