Relationship Between Self-Awareness And Effective Leadership In County Governments In Kenya

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to establish the relationship between self-awareness and effective leadership in County Governments in Kenya. Methods: The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was 3,190 County Officials. A stratified sampling technique was used to gather for proper representation of the entire population. Data collection instrument used was a questionnaire. Quantitative data was analyzed statistically yielding frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations, while inferential statistical tools such as correlation and regression were used to determine and explain variable relations by use of SPSS Version 22 program. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test for significant differences in three categories of county officers and data were presented in the form of tables, figures and charts. Results: The results of correlation analysis showed that there was a moderately strong, positive and significant relationship between self-awareness and effective leadership. These finding implied that increase in self-awareness positively resulted to increase in effective leadership. This univariate regression results also confirmed that there is a positive linear relationship between self-awareness and effective leadership. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends county government, public institutions and private entity that wish to gain from the significant impact of self-awareness should hire employee with high self-confidence, accurate self-assessment and generally high self-awareness. The organisations should also during the induction process conduct self-awareness evaluation and offers training where necessary. Improving self-awareness of employees with enhance their leadership qualities hence benefiting the organisation.