Abstract: This study sought to determine the influence of organizational factors on strategic change implementation in the County Government of Kakamega. The specific objectives were to determine the influence of transformational leadership on strategic change implementation in the County Government of Kakamega. This study was anchored to Transformational Leadership Theory. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was 548 top level and middle level managers. Sampling frame consisted of Agriculture, Public Service, Social Services, Education, Health Services, ICT, Lands & Housing, Trade & Industrialization, Roads, Public Works & Energy, Finance and Economic Planning. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were chosen and used to select the sample population of 232 respondents according to Yamane recommendation. Structured questionnaire pre tested for validity and reliability was the main primary data collection tool. The primary data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS as the analysis tool. The correlation findings indicated that there existed a significant relationship between transformational leadership and strategic change implementation (P=0.418, P=0.000). Simple linear regression analysis revealed that transformational leadership accounted up to 17.4% variation in strategic change implementation (R2=0.174). This implies that enhancement of transformational leadership will result to significant increase in strategic change implementation. The study concluded that transformational leadership has a significant influence on strategic change implementation in the County Government of Kakamega. The study recommended that managers should go beyond self-interest for the good of the group during strategic change implementation.
Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Strategic Change Implementation, County Government, Organizational Factors, Kakamega.
Title: Determinants of Successful Strategic Change Implementation in the County Government of Kakamega, Kenya
Author: Kidiavayi Gaynut Mulegwa, Dr. (Eng) Richard M. Imbambi
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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