Executive Leadership Case Study

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Consequent to leadership challenges and persistent socio-political decadence in Nigeria, governmental organizations that espouse value orientation, positioned to sensitize attitudinal change are expected to operate with grander leadership efficiency for the actualization of organizational goals . The need for re-orientation of values in government organizations increases as lack of accountability, blatant disregard for the fundamentals of the rule of law, corruption and lack of ethics have become so prevalent and institutionalized causing a crisis of ethics (Ikejiani-Clark, 2001 ; Omale & Amana ). Presenting explanations for corruption and various unethical behaviors in the Nigerian public sector, Ikejiani-Clark (2001) reported "the complexities …show more content…

The more “the leader "walks the talk," by translating internalized values into action, the higher level of trust and respect leaders generates from followers." (Mihelic, Lipicnik, & Tekavcic, 2010). Nigerian executive leadership today are confronted with not more than the need to make public service functional, effective, efficient, and flexible but also accountable and credible. Scholastic work on the subject does not exist, but there are plenty of reports alleging the problem to be the case. Since no study has investigated the dilemma of leadership integrity in NOA, this study will examine the relationship between employee empowerment, leadership behavior, leadership trust, and organizational performance …show more content…

This study offers new heuristic theorizing on why value-laden organizations cannot effectively moralize. By correlating the dependent variables within Nigerian context, a new argument opens for researchers to experiment with similar variables in their studies. Deeper insights into endemic complex problems that can aid leadership practitioners in Nigeria and range of similar organizations adopt strategies that can advance their organizations. Survey results are intended to equip leaders with sustainable leadership strategies for facilitating the development of ethical leadership behaviors (Wheelan, 2014), to rebuild the lost trust in governance and overcome barriers to performance. According to Mwambazambi and Banda (2014), though Africa is politically independent, Africans are "facing issues of persistent dictatorship, poverty, corruption, selfishness, exploitation, tribalism, social injustices, neo-colonialism and aimless armed conflicts – challenges that urgently call for transformational leadership to bring about transformation” (p.

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