INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS ON PERFORMANCE OF LARGE MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA

Authors

  • Allan Samuel Njogu Kihara Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Dr. Patrick Karanja Ngugi Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Dr. Kennedy Ogollah University of Nairobi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47941/hrlj.77

Keywords:

leadership characteristics, performance, manufacturing firms

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of leadership characteristics on performance of large manufacturing firms in Kenya.

Methodology: The study adopted a cross-sectional research design and descriptive survey design and the research philosophy was positivism. The study population study was 499 large scale manufacturing firms where a sample size of 217 firms was selected.

Results: The study findings revealed that leadership characteristics have a positive and significant influence on performance of large manufacturing firms in Kenya.

Policy recommendation: The study recommended that large manufacturing should put in place strategies that encourage their leaders to have leadership characteristics as it has a positive effect on performance. The firms should encourage and put in place measures that promote idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, inspiration motivation and individualized consideration as they influence performance positively.

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Author Biographies

Allan Samuel Njogu Kihara, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Post graduate student

Dr. Patrick Karanja Ngugi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Lecturer

Dr. Kennedy Ogollah, University of Nairobi

Lecturer

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2017-04-03

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Kihara, A. S. N., Ngugi, D. P. K., & Ogollah, D. K. (2017). INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS ON PERFORMANCE OF LARGE MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA. Human Resource and Leadership Journal, 2(1), 50–65. https://doi.org/10.47941/hrlj.77

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