The Relationship between Inter-Organizational Relations and Leadership Performance in the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan
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2023-06-12
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Open Journal of Political Science
Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of political-adminis trative interface on leadership performance in the Ministry of Petroleum of
the Republic of South Sudan. The study was guided by Leader Member Ex change Theory. The study adopted quantitative descriptive research design
targeting 1973 employees working in the Ministry of Petroleum. The re searcher adopted Yamane sampling formula to arrive at 333 employees as the
sample size. The main data source was primary data collected using ques tionnaires and interviews. Descriptive statistics techniques were used to ana lyse quantitative data which include frequencies, percentages and mean. Re gression analysis technique was used to analyse the inferential statistics and to
test the set hypotheses. The findings were presented in the form of tables and
figures. The study established significant influence of inter-organizational
relations on leadership performance in the Ministry of Petroleum and as sessed intervention strategies that could be adopted to improve public lea dership effectiveness in the Ministry of Petroleum. The study further con cluded that the poor leadership performance in the Ministry of Petroleum
of the Republic of South Sudan was due to inter-organizational relations
caused by ineffective organizational structures. The study recommends that
the Ministry of Petroleum should enhance the institutional structures for
improved leadership performance there should be checks and balances in
the operation of the ministry to achieve the desired accountability. Such checks
and balances will go a long achieving operation efficiency and optimum resource utilization