Relationship between Idealized Influence (II) and Performance Contracts (PC) in Road Agencies in Kenya
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Date
2024-02
Authors
Githui, John Ngatia
Ragui, Mary
Nyakundi, Augustus Onchari
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AJPO
Abstract
Purpose: This study entailed a diagnostic analysis of the
relationship between idealized influence and performance
contracts in road agencies in Kenya. The objective of this
research was to investigate the relationship between
idealized influence and performance contracts in road
agencies in Kenya. Operationalization of variables
included idealized influence as an independent variable
and performance contracts as a dependent variable.
Theories that guided the study included transformational
leadership theory and public management theory.
Materials and Methods: Descriptive research design was
used for the study and pragmatism was adopted as the
philosophical framework for the research. Convergent
parallel mixed method approach was adopted where data
was collected through questionnaires for quantative data
and structured interviews for qualitative data. The target
population for the research was all staff members at top
management and other officers in job group 6 (six) and
above for the three road agencies in Kenya. These road
agencies included Kenya National Highway Authority
(KeNHA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and
Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). Data collected
was analyzed through descriptive statistics, inferential
analysis and hypothesis testing. The collected data was
presented through tables and figures. Findings from the
above analysis indicated that the performance contracts
process and its outcomes in road agencies in Kenya could
be predicted by idealized influence. The null hypothesis
was rejected as p value was less than p<0.05 threshold of
significance level and the study concluded that idealized
influence has a significant relationship with performance
contracts in road agencies in Kenya.
Findings: The study rejected the null hypothesis that
there is no significant relationship between idealized
influence and performance contracts in road agencies in
Kenya. The foregoing was supported by both results and
findings from descriptive statistics, hypothesis tested and
structured interviews conducted in the three road
agencies. Leaders who were interviewed in these road
agencies indicated that they also practiced integrity and
leadership behaviors that could be emulated by their
followers.
Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study
thus supported the transformational leadership theory that
was adopted for the study. Further, the study has bridged
and addressed gaps on motivation, training and lack of
leadership as identified in the statement of problem. This
study has recommended that policy makers in road
agencies should include idealized influence in their
leadership and also align it with their strategies as detailed
in strategic plans, performance contracts and individual
workplans to enhance motivation, training and capacity
building among employees of the studied organizations.
The study also contributed to the transformational
leadership theory as the was supported by the findings
that leaders in these organizations should be role models
and practice integrity in the process of performance
contracting in road agencies. The study further
recommended that policy makers in road agencies should
entrench appropriate leadership (transformational
leadership) during the process of performance contracting
in road agencies.
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Keywords
Transformational Leadership, Role Model, Integrity
Citation
Githui, J. N. ., Ragui, D. M. ., & Nyakundi, D. A. O. . (2024). Relationship between Idealized Influence (II) and Performance Contracts (PC) in Road Agencies in Kenya. American Journal of Leadership and Governance, 9(1), 1 - 21. https://doi.org/10.47672/ajlg.1762