| dc.description.abstract | The study focused on determining the effects of strategic leadership on change
management in Private Universities in Kenya, Nairobi County. The study was
guided by the specific objectives on institution’s mission, decision making
process, and administrative measures. The study used situational leadership and
strategic leadership theories to ascertain and validate the findings of the study.
The study targeted a population of 350 with a sample size of 292. The study
adopted a descriptive research design. The study used stratified random
sampling procedure. In this sampling technique, the population was divided into
smaller groups known as strata. The respondents were randomly sampled from
each stratum in order to reduce amount of tension and suspense of respondents
towards the study. Data was collected from 15 private universities in Nairobi
county. Pilot study was conducted at 10% of the target population. The pilot
study helped to inform the researcher on the strength or weakness of the study.
The researcher made 292 questionnaires for distribution to the respondents. The
response obtained from the respondents was 257 which was sufficient to
analyse. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to test the influence
among predictor variables. The research used statistical package for social
sciences (SPSS Version 25) to code, enter and compute the measurements of the
multiple regressions. The most significant correlation was between institution’s
mission and administrative measures with a coefficient value of 0.925 (at
significant level of 0.05). Decision making and change management practices
also was shown to contribute up to 83.6% (at a significant level of 0.05) of
strategic leadership in private universities in Kenya, Nairobi County. Similarly,
a strong correlation existed between institution’s mission and change
management practices with a coefficient value of 72% (at a significance level
of 0.05). Decision making process and change management practices exhibited
a correlation at a coefficient value of 67.2% (at a significance level of 0.05). The
findings revealed there is no significant relationship between the effect of
mission and change management in private universities in Nairobi County,
Kenya and no significant relationship between decision-making process.
Similarly, change management in private universities in Nairobi County, Kenya
were highly accepted at 92.5% by the respondents at a significant level of 0.05
while hypothesis on there is no significant relationship between the effect of
administrative measures and change management in private universities in
Nairobi County, Kenya was rejected as an effective strategic leadership on
change management in private Universities in Kenya, Nairobi County.The study
recommends that future academic researchers to understand and interpret the
findings of this study in order to contribute to the body of knowledge. The study
suggests areas for further study should be carried out in other counties in Kenya
to determine if the effect of strategic leadership on change management in
private universities in Kenya is comparable. Different variables on the same
study should be used to investigate the actual source of change management for
informed decisions to be made. | en_US |
