The Influence of Leadership Styles on the Effectiveness of the Public Policy Implementation Process in Ethiopia: The Case of Addis Ababa City Government

Mulat Abebel Reta

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The Influence of Leadership Styles on the Effectiveness of the Public Policy Implementation Process in Ethiopia: The Case of Addis Ababa City Government

Mulat Abebel Reta

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Policy implementation desires the increased commitment and coordination of applicable stakeholders or actors. Policy implementation gap also emanates from leadership development practice because; leadership development and an appointment done through political appointments, rather than career posts depend on the leader's competencies. This study tried to investigate the relationship between specific leadership styles and the effectiveness of the policy implementation process. It is justifiable to conduct this study to contribute and cover the gap in relation to leadership style and policy implementation. This study aimed to explore the influence of leaders' leadership styles on the effectiveness of the policy implementation process in selected government public sectors in Addis Ababa City Government. The study was focused on well know leadership styles i.e., transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire, and the major variables that measure the implementation process effectiveness of policies i.e., policy-practice alignment, stakeholder engagement, active implementation or communication, ongoing evaluation and support, and transparency. The study was employed a descriptive survey design that uses a cross-sectional survey methodology. Primary data were collected from 237 individuals through closed ended questionnaire. The sample was selected using a simple random sampling method. The data analyzed by descriptive statistics (percentages, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regressions). Predominantly the results of the study indicate the transformational leadership style was positively and significantly influences policy implementation process effectiveness (sig = 0.000 at p < 0.05). Both transactional (sig = 0.105 at p < 0.05) and Laissez-Faire (sig .957 at p < 0.05) Leadership Style have no statistically significance influence on implementation process effectiveness of policies. Surprisingly, the Laissez-Faire Leadership Style has a statistically insignificant negative influence on the policy implementation process. The study concludes that, if leaders exhibited a transformational leadership style, they could contribute more to the effectiveness of the policy implementation process than transactional and Laissez-Faire Style. It implies that leadership is responsible for the implementation of policies. The study mainly recommends leaders of government public sectors of Addis Ababa City Government to give due emphasis to appropriate leadership style as context as.

Published in	American Journal of Management Science and Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajmse.20210605.12
Page(s)	142-160
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Transformational, Transactional and Laissez-faire Leadership, Policy Implementation

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