THE MODERATED MEDIATING EFFECT OF SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND FARMER CHARACTERISTICS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND SUGARCANE PRODUCTIVITY IN SUGAR FACTORY CANE CATCHMENT AREAS IN KENYA
Abstract
Purpose of the Study: This study sought to determine if the moderating effect of situational leadership on the relationship between change management and sugarcane productivity in Kenya is different from the mediating effect of farmer characteristics.
Statement of the Problem: Locally, the Kenyan sugar subsector cannot satisfy the citizenry consumption sugar needs at 1,031,055 metric tonnes per year in the period 2014-2018 (AFA, 2019). In 2020, the subsector was at 58% sugar availability on the 1,038,717 metric tonnes sugar per year.
Methodology: This study adopted the positivist philosophy, which is founded on objectivity, precision and scientific rigor to develop knowledge as opposed to the phenomenological approach. The cross-sectional survey design was adopted for this study in order to provide relevant information of the extent to which change management influences sugarcane productivity in sugar factory cane catchment areas.
Result: In step one, the regression model of Change Management on Sugarcane Productivity was significant with β=0.751, p=0.001<0.05. In step two, the results show that the regression model of Change Management, Situational Leadership, Farmer Characteristics and the interaction term SL*FC on sugarcane productivity in sugar factory cane areas in Kenya was significant with β1=0.279, p=0.005<0.05: β2=0.040, p=0.021<0.05: β3=0.250, p=0.025<0.05, β4=0.026, p=0.025<0.05
Conclusion: The study concluded that the Moderated effect of situational leadership on the relationship between change management and sugarcane productivity is significantly different from the mediating effect of farmer characteristics.
Recommendation: This study therefore advocates that the managers in the sugar sector critically consider situational leadership style in their companies.
Keywords: Farmer Characteristics, Situational Leadership, Productivity, Sugarcane Factories
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