Transformational Leadership Style And Its Influence On Performance Of Judicial Staff In Kenya

The purpose of the study was to analyze the influence of transformational leadership style on the performance of judicial staff in Kenya. The research questions were: How does idealized influence of judicial officers influence the performance of judicial staff in Kenya? How does inspirational motivation of judicial officers influence the performance of judicial staff in Kenya? How does intellectual stimulation of judicial officers influence the performance of judicial staff in Kenya? How does individualized consideration of judicial officers influence the performance of judicial staff in Kenya? To what extent does organizational structure moderate the relationship between transformational leadership style and the performance of judicial staff in Kenya?

The study philosophy was positivist. Descriptive correlation research design was used to conduct the study. The target population of the study consisted of 770 judicial staff in Nairobi County. The study used stratified random sampling technique to select a sample of 385 judicial staff from the target population. The research instrument for collecting data was a structured questionnaire. Out of the total sampled respondents, 312 returned dully-filled questionnaire representing a response rate of 81%.Bivariate correlations were used to establish the relationship between variables, while one way ANOVA was used to test the differences between group means. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to test hypotheses for the five variables. SPSS version 23 (2015) was used as a tool for data analysis, and results presented in tables and figures.

Correlation analysis revealed the existence of positive and significant relationships between performance of judicial staff and individualized consideration, r (312) = .678, p