TITLE:
The Relationship between Inter-Organizational Relations and Leadership Performance in the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan
AUTHORS:
Deng Gach Pal, Elijah Onyango Standslause Odhiambo, Godfrey Cotty Ungaya
KEYWORDS:
Leadership Performance, Political Interface, Administrative Interface, Organizational Structures
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.13 No.3,
June
12,
2023
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to examine the influence
of political-adminis- trative interface on leadership
performance in the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan. The study
was guided by Leader Member Exchange Theory. The
study adopted quantitative descriptive research design targeting 1973 employees
working in the Ministry of Petroleum. The researcher adopted Yamane sampling
formula to arrive at 333 employees as the sample
size. The main data source was primary data collected using questionnaires
and interviews. Descriptive statistics techniques were used to analyse quantitative
data which include frequencies, percentages and mean. Regression analysis technique
was used to analyse the inferential statistics and to test the set hypotheses. The
findings were presented in the form of tables and figures. The study established significant influence of inter-organizational
relations on leadership performance in the Ministry of Petroleum and assessed intervention strategies
that could be adopted to improve public leadership effectiveness in the Ministry
of Petroleum. The study further concluded that the poor leadership performance in the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South
Sudan was due to inter-organizational relations caused by ineffective organizational structures. The study recommends that
the Ministry of Petroleum should enhance the institutional structures for improved
leadership performance there should be checks and balances in the operation of the ministry to achieve the desired
accountability. Such checks and balances will go
a long achieving operation efficiency and optimum resource utilization.