Author(s)

Deng Gach Pal¹, Godfrey Cotty Ungaya¹, Elijah Onyango Standslause Odhiambo²

¹Department of Political Science, History and Peace Studies School of Arts and Social Sciences, Kisii University, Kisii, Kenya.
²Department of Arts, Governance and Communication Studies, Bomet University College, Bomet, Kenya.

The objective of this study was to examine the influence of political administrative 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 hypothesis. The findings were presented in the form of tables and figures. The study established significant influence of political administrative interface on leadership performance in the Ministry of Petroleum and to assess 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 weak political administrative interface caused by the existing 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 operational efficiency and optimum resource utilization.

Leadership Performance, Political Interface, Administrative Interface, Organizational Structures

Pal, D.G., Ungaya, G.C. and Odhiambo, E.O.S. (2023) The Relationship between Political Administrative Interface and Leadership Performance in the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan. Open Access Library Journal, 10, 1-19. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1109822.