EFFECT OF PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF COFFEE TRADING COMPANIES IN KENYA
Keywords:
Path-Goal Theory, Participative Leadership Style, Employee Job PerformanceAbstract
Purpose: The journal aims at assessing the extent to which participative leadership style affects employee performance of coffee trading companies in Kenya.
Methodology: The study was guided by the positivism philosophy and used a descriptive correlational research design. The population for the study was 180 senior managers of coffee trading companies in Kenya. Using stratified random sampling technique, a sample size of 139 was determined from the total population and structured questionnaires were administered to collect primary data. Out of 139 questionnaires administered, 117 questionnaires were successfully completed and returned representing a response rate of about eighty four percent (84.2%). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The descriptive statistics included means and standard deviations. The inferential statistics included Pearson's correlation coefficients which were used to establish the relationships between variables, one way ANOVA which was used to test the differences between group means and multiple linear regression analysis which was used to test the five hypotheses of the study. The statistical software tool used for data analysis was Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20. The results were summarized and presented in tables and in figures.
Results: Correlation results showed a positive and significant relationship between participative leadership style and employee performance, r (117) = 0.956, p< .05. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that participative leadership style significantly predicted employee performance, R2= 0.865, F (1, 115) = 735.111, p < 0.05, β = 0.943, p<.05 and therefore the null hypothesis that participative leadership style has no significant effect on employee performance was rejected.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: From the study, a contribution to literature on the effect of participative leadership style on employee performance in coffee trading companies in Kenya is made. Suggestion for further studies is made whereby future scholars are recommended that a similar study to be carried out for all supervisory level managers and even lower level managers to assess the effect of participative leadership styles across the spectrum of the organizations
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Khuong, M. N., & Hoang, M. D. (2015). The effects of leadership styles on employee motivation in auditing companies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. International Journal of trade, economics and finance, 6( 4), 210-217.
Kiboss, J. K., & Jemiryott, H. K. (2014). Principals' Leadership Styles and Secondary School Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Nandi South District, Kenya. Journal of Education and Human Development , 3( 2), 493-509 ISSN: 2334-296X (Print), 2334-2978.
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Kieyah, J., & Lesiyampe, L. (2016). Report of the National Task Force on Coffee Sub-Sector Reforms
Kieyah, J., & Lesiyampe, L. (2016). Report of the National Task Force on Coffee Sub-Sector Reforms
Lumbasi, G., K'Aol, G., & Ouma, C. (2016). The Effect of Achievement Oriented Leadership Style on the Performance of COYA Senior Managers in Kenya. International Journal of Novel Research in Marketing Management and Economics, , 3(2), 118-125, ISSN 2394-7322.
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Marshall, V. & Rossman, S. A. (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations. Oxford University Press.
Mbithi, D. (2018). Nairobi Coffee Exchange. Retrieved from http://nairobicoffeeexchange.co.ke/
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Mohammed, U., Yusuf, M., Sanni, M. I., Ifeyinwa, N. T., Bature, U. N., & Kazeem, O. A. (2014). The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employees' Performance in Organizations (A Study of Selected Business Organizations in Federal Capital Territory, European Journal of Business and Management Online , 6(22)2222-2839.
Mulki, J. P., Jaramillo, J. F., & Locander, W. B. (2014). Critical role of leadership on ethical climate and salesperson s. Journal of Business Ethics , 86(2), 125-141.
Nanjundeswaras, T. S., & Swamy, D. R. (2014). Leadership styles. Advances in Management, 7(2), 57-63.
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Wart, M. V. (2015). Dynamics of Leadership in Public Service,. Armonk, NY, London, England,: M. E. Sharpe.
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Yuan, F., & Woodman, R. W. (2014). Innovative in the workplace: the role of performance and image outcome expectations. Academy of Management Journal , 53(2), 323-342.
Yukl, G. (2012). Effective leadership behaviour: What we know and what questions need more attention. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 26 (4), 66-85.
Yukl, G. (2015). Leadership in organizations (7th ed.). Upper Saddle Rive, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Zehir, C. (2011). The effects of leadership styles and organizational culture over firm performance:. Multi-National Companies in Ä°stanbul, Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences , 24: 243-245.
Zhu, Y., Xie, Y., Warner, M., &Guo, Y. (2015). Employee participation and the influence on job satisfaction of the "˜new generation' of Chinese employees. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(19), 2395-2411.
Zhu, S. & Jiao, H. (2013). Organizational structure and corporate performance: insights from 6,065 listed corporations, Chinese Management Studies, 7(4), pp.535-556, doi: 10.1108/CMS-09-2013-0174 Permanent link to this document: https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CMS-09-2013-0174
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Rana, R., Ka'ol, D. G., & Kirubi, D. M. (2019). EFFECT OF PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF COFFEE TRADING COMPANIES IN KENYA. Journal of Human Resource and Leadership, 4(2), 29 – 57. Retrieved from https://iprjb.org/journals/index.php/JHRL/article/view/920
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