INFLUENCE OF TRANFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, KENYA

Abstract: Organizational goals are tied to the influence of Leaders on the people who have a stake on the organization. Research previously conducted on organization’s sustainable high performance has addressed this concept from a traditional leadership perspective of a single approach like traits, skills or behaviors. The research sought to address the following objectives; Intellectual Stimulation; Inspirational Motivation; Idealized Behaviors; and Individualized Consideration their relationship with performance of the National Government Administration. The research was anchored on the following theories; The Agency theory; Communication theory; Decision theory, and transformational leadership theory. The general objective was to examine the influence of Transformational leadership on performance of the National Government Administration. The specific objectives was to look at how Intellectual Stimulation; Inspirational Motivation; Idealized Behaviors; and Individualized Consideration their relationship with performance of the National Government Administration. A mixed research method was used to provide the researcher with meaningful insights on the topic. The targeted population were the 338 Deputy County Commissioners who are the leaders of this department at Sub-County level, a fairly Senior Management level, and the researcher drew a sample size of 183 officers, from the different geographical regions of the Country, that represents divergent factors or challenges that these senior managers encounter. The study found transformational leadership to significantly influence performance of the National Government Administration. All the independent variable i.e. Intellectual Stimulation; Inspirational Motivation; Idealized Behaviors; and Individualized Consideration had a significant positive relationship with performance of the National Government Administration. The study recommends organization to embrace Transformational leadership to improve performance. Intellectual Stimulation; Inspirational Motivation; Idealized Behaviors; and Individualized Consideration were able to explain 69.1% or variation in performance at the National Government Administration. Keywords: Inspirational Motivation, Idealized Behaviours, Individualized Consideration, National Government Administration. Title: INFLUENCE OF TRANFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, KENYA Author: Shadrack M. Mwadime, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations ISSN 2348-7585 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023 Page No: 91-101 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 26-October-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7244461 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/influence-of-tranformational-leadership-on-performance-of-the-national-government-administration-kenyaInternational Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations, ISSN 2348-7585 (Online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.co