Stakeholder Participation Process, Leadership Styles And Performance Of Beekeeping Projects: A Case Of Women Beekeeping Groups In Kajiado County-Kenya
Abstract
Stakeholder participation process is associated with successful performance of projects.
Involvement of stakeholders or lack of it in a project can positively or negatively influence
project performance. Stakeholder participation process is a six step process involving
information sharing; learning; project joint assessments; shared decision making; collaboration
and stakeholder empowerment. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of
stakeholder participation process and leadership styles on performance of beekeeping projects.
The specific objectives of the study were to determine how stakeholder participation in
information sharing influences performance of beekeeping projects; assess how stakeholder
participation in learning influences performance of the projects; establish in what ways
stakeholder participation in joint assessments of projects influences performance of beekeeping
projects; determine how stakeholder participation in shared decision making influences
performance of beekeeping projects; investigate the extent to which stakeholder participation in
stakeholder empowerment influences performance of beekeeping projects and determine the
moderating influence by project leadership styles, in stakeholder participation process and
beekeeping performance. Descriptive survey, cross-sectional and correlational research designs
were used in a mixed method research approach. Quantitative data was collected through open
and crossed-ended questionnaires while qualitative data was collected through an interview
guide, observation and focus group discussions. Research instruments were pilot tested for
validity through content- related, construct and face validity. Reliability was tested using Alpha
coefficient (Cronbach alpha) giving positive results at above o.6 alpha value. A sample size of
two hundred and seventy two (272) respondents was drawn from a target population of eight
hundred and forty five (845) women drawn from forty two (42) registered women beekeeping
groups and five key informants in Kajiado County. Regression models and correlation were used
to analyse inferential data while non-parametric tests were used to test hypotheses in the study.
Qualitative data was analysed using content analysis, categorization into themes, narrations of
respondents’ quotations and verbatim explanations. The findings were presented in distribution
tables and narrative excerpts. The study established that taking all factors into account, the
performance of beekeeping projects was at 1.31 increase in performance; and that taking all
other independent variables at zero, a unit increase in the stakeholder participation in leadership
was at 0.77 increase in performance of beekeeping projects; while at 5% level of significance
and 95% level of confidence, the stakeholder participation in leadership showed 0.015 level of
significance. The results indicated that the variables were significant (p<0.05) concluding that
the stakeholder participation process and leadership styles influenced performance of beekeeping
projects. It was therefore recommended that since the aim in Project Planning and Management
is to achieve maximum project performance, Project Managers and Extension Officers
undertaking beekeeping projects should incorporate a stakeholder participation process in their
projects in order to achieve maximum project performance.
Publisher
University Of Nairobi
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