Strategic Leadership Practices and Sustainable Health Systems: A Case of Moi County Referral Hospital Taita Taveta County, Kenya
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Date
2023
Authors
Mbaruku, Phydy
Kimolo, Benjamin
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RJI
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of strategic leadership on sustainable health systems in Taita Taveta County.
The study was guided by the following objectives: to determine the influence of shareholder involvement on
sustainable health systems, to establish the influence of financial allocations on sustainable health systems, to
determine the influence of laws governing processes on sustainable health systems, and to investigate the
influence of policy formulation on sustainable health systems in Taita Taveta County. The Institutional Theory
and the Human Resource Theory formed the basis of theoretical framework for the study. The study employed
descriptive research design. The study targeted a population of 662 people. Purposive and simple random
sampling were used to sample 199 participants, which was 30% of the target population. Subject experts
ascertained the content validity of the research instruments, whereas reliability of the questionnaire was
ascertained through half-split method, a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.84 was obtained and this confirmed
that the questionnaire was reliable. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically, while descriptive statistics such
as frequencies, percentages and means were used to analyze the quantitative data. Further, the Pearson Product
Moment of Correlation and regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. The study established that
shareholder involvement had a significant influence (p=0.001<0.05) on sustainable health systems, financial
allocations had a significant influence (p=0.002<0.05) on sustainable health system, laws governing
procedures had a significant influence (p=0.001<0.05) on sustainable health systems and policy formulation
had a significant influence (p=0.002<0.05) on sustainable health systems. The study concluded that shareholder
involvement, financial allocations, laws governing procedures and policy formulation had a significant effect
on sustainable health systems in Moi County Referral Hospital in Taita Taveta County. It recommended that
the Ministry of Health should devise an intensive in-service training of hospital managers on strategic
leadership to empower the leaders with skills and knowledge on shareholder involvement, management of funds,
formulation and implementation of policies. The County government of Taita Taveta should increase the amount
of funds allocated to the hospital to enhance quality of care. The hospital leadership should also ensure proper
management practices and effective supervisory functions in the hospital by ensuring that all laws governing
the procedures in the hospitals are observed by all employees. The hospital leadership should revise policies
and SOPs to be up to date with the current operations in the hospital.
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Keywords
Economic Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Financial Allocation, Laws Governing Processes, Policy Formulation
Citation
MBARUKU, P., & KIMOLO, B. (2023). STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTH SYSTEMS. Reviewed Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 4(1), 483-495.