Passive Leadership Styles Influence on Employees’ Performance in Kenya

Abstract

The issue of leadership influences the performance in many areas and although the area has been researched the relationship between the style that leaders adopt and its impact on performance is not well known. This is because employees respond differently to every style and if you combine whole style it emerges that some styles yield better in certain sectors and poorly in certain areas. This is why this study sought to examine how leaders who adopt passive styles influence performance in the county government.

Keywords: {'name': 'Passive leadership'}, {'name': 'Employees'}, {'name': 'Government'}, {'name': 'Performance'}, {'name': 'Kenya'}

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Daniel Nawose Ing’ollan
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Josse Roussel
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