Effects of Adoption of Leadership Development Strategy on Management of Government Parastatals in Kenya

Abstract

A review of global good practice in countries with similar development challenges as Kenya identifies five roles for government parastatals in the national development effort. Government parastatals are important in promoting or accelerating economic growth and development and are critical to building the capability and technical capacity of the state in facilitating and/or promoting national development. The objective of the study aimed at establishing the influence of adoption of leadership development strategy on management of government parastatals in Kenya. The population for this study was drawn from government parastatals with strategic functions in Kenya. Descriptive survey design and mixed method research approach were adopted in the current study. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect primary data. The study reviewed the previous evaluation reports, strategic plans, periodicals, and taskforce reports to obtain secondary data for analysis. SPSS software was used in this study to generate results for interpretation. Multiple linear regression model was used as a tool for analysis and the results generated were presented qualitatively in form of graphs and percentages and quantitatively through tables. The current study tested the null hypotheses in that leadership development strategy has no significant effect on the management of government parastatals in Kenya. The correlation analysis findings of the study showed a significant positive linkage between management and leadership development strategy at (rho=0.436). The study consistently found that there exist a strong interrelationship between the management and the predictor variable, leadership development strategy. The study recommends that organizations should adopt leadership development strategy to boost their management in order to retain the best talents and improve productivity and performance. The study aimed to help the academicians, policy makers, business leaders, managers in the government organizations and private firms to make use of the competitive contemporary leadership development strategies to achieve desired strategic management objectives.