THE MEDIATING LEADERSHIP STYLE EFFECT ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY LEVELAND FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY IN KENYA’S PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS
Owuor A. E. - Management University of Africa, School of Management and Leadership, Kenya
Nyambegera S. - United States International University - Africa, Department of Human Resource Management, Kenya
Wainaina G. - University of Nairobi, School of Business, Kenya
ABSTRACT
During an individual and organizational interaction, leadership becomes one of the most noticeable effects. This indicates the management’s leadership competence in the efforts of executing “teamwork effort. Leaders who are excellent ensure that the requirements are met during the process of achieving the organizational goals and inspire their subordinate’s potential to have efficiency. The study examined the mediating leadership style effect on the connection between productivity leveland fiscal sustainabilityin Kenya’s public sector wage bill management institutions. The study was guided by the behavioural leadership theories. The philosophical foundation adopted by the study was positivism and a cross sectional survey design owing to the fact that the data collected was quantitative and qualitative in nature. The study population was from Kenya’s public sector wage bill management institutions. In determination of sample size, the Krejcie and Morgan table was used. Primary data was collected by use of structured questionnaires and the choice of drop and pick method was used because the technique is believed to minimise non-coverage error. Data analysis involved computation of percentages, means scores, and frequencies for descriptive statistics and correlation and regression for inferential statistics. From the findings of the research, it can be concluded that there was a very strong association between leadership style and fiscal sustainability in Kenya’s public sector wage bill management institutions which is significant. The study recommends that Kenya’s public sector needs an extensive change in their leadership style as the current authoritarian and centralized structure offers significant challenges to improved productivity and fiscal sustainability.
