TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND CHURCH PERFORMANCE IN KENYA A CASE OF DIVINE WORD PARISH, KAYOLE NAIROBI COUNTY
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This paper attempted to investigate the impact of transformational leadership in organizational performance by studying Divine Word Parish in Nairobi, Kenya. The phenomenon of transformational leadership theory, organizational leadership and its association with both personal and organizational outcomes has become one of the topmost agenda and interest of researchers, scholars and practitioners. This paper had three objectives, to: a) investigate the impact of the transformational leadership style on organizational outcomes in the Divine Word Parish in Nairobi b) Determine the impact of the transformational leadership style on the personal outcomes in the Divine Word Parish in Nairobi c) Establish how the transformational leadership style is practiced in the Divine Word Parish in Nairobi. The paper adopted a mixed-method research method as enshrined in the traditional quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Study Findings: organizational innovation has a significant impact on organizational performance; also, transformational leadership and organizational performance has strong relationship. Therefore, TL helps managers to create effective leadership environment and style in their organizations and by thus motivate and encourage the employees to become more motivated, committed, innovative, creative and effective in realizing highest organizational and employee’s performance.
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Barinua & Ogbulu (2022) evaluated idealized influence and employees’ commitment; Research Journal of Management Practice | ISSN: 2782-7674 Vol. 2, Issue 5
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Bycio, P., Hacket, R. D., & Allen, J. S. (1995). Further assessment of Bass (1985) conceptualization of transactional and transformational leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology 80 468-478.
Candrawati, Diyah, and Yasmine Nasution. 2019. “Transformational Leadership, Dynamic Capabilities and Non-Governmental Organizations Performance: Strategy, Structure, and Environment.
Change Doris Otieno & Teresia Linge & Damary Sikalieh (2019). Influence of intellectual stimulation on employee engagement in parastatals in the energy sector in Kenya. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 8(6), pages 148-161, October.
Chebon, Aruasa, Linus Kipkorir Chirchir (2019) assessed effects of personal consideration and intellectual stimulation on employee performance: Lessons from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya; IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 24, Issue 7, Ser. 4 (July. 2019) 11-22 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845
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NY: McGraw-Hill Publisher
Datche, R.O and Mukulu J.A (2015). Role of transformational leadership on worker commitment: a study of common assistance in Kenya. International Journal of Transformational Leadership; Vol I; Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
Gomes, A. (2014). Transformational leadership: Theory, research and application to sports. Nova Science Publishers.
Hayati, D., Charkhabi, M., & Naami, A. (2014). The relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement in governmental hospitals nurses: A survey study. SpringerPlus, 3(25).
Hoffman, B.J & Frost, B.C (2016). Multiple Intelligence of transformational leaders: an empirical examination. International journal of manpower, 27(1): 37-51
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Ishaq, Musa (2008). Leadership qualities and organizational transformation: A case study of University of Abuja Library, Abuja. Borno Library, Archival, and Information Science Journal 7 (1): 75-79.
Judge, T. & Piccolo, R. (2004). Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-Analytic Test of Their Relative Validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(5), 755-768.
K’Aol, G.O & Linge, T.K (2018). Effect of idealized influence and inspirational motivation on job satisfaction among employees in commercial banks in Kenya; Human Resource and Leadership Journal; ISSN 2520-4661 (Online)Vol.3, Issue No.1, p 23 -46
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Ogola, Sikalieh, Linge (2017). The Influence of Individualized Consideration Leadership Behaviour on Employee Performance in Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya; International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 8, No. 2; February 2017
Ogutu, M.G., Sikalieh, D. & Linge, T.K (2017). Influence of Intellectual Stimulation Leadership Behaviour on Employee Performance in SMEs in Kenya; International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 8, No. 3; March 2017
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Sadaf Razzaq, Abdul Sami, Sib-tul-Manum, & Muhammad Hammad. (2020). Transformational Leadership and Organizational Performance in Western & Non-Western Context: Systematic Review of 2019. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Research, 3(3), 58–60. https://doi.org/10.31580/ijer.v3i3.1505
Suliman, Abubakr, A. Srinivasa Rao, and Tamer Elewa. 2019. “CEO Transformational Leadership and Top Management Team Performance: Study from GCC.” Measuring Business Excellence 23(1): 63–79.
Ud Din, Maaz et al. 2019. “The Moderating Role of Employee Empowerment and Distributive Justice in Transformational Leadership with Its Impact on Organizational Commitment in Islamic Banks at Pakistan.” Perisai: Islamic Banking and Finance Journal 3(2): 135.
Usmani, M., Sami, A., Baig, S, A., & Irfan, A. (2019). Chronological studies of lean and leadership for improvement of organizational performance. Journal of Public Value and Administration Insights, 2(2), 15-19.