Authors :
OLANREWAJU, Yemisi Esther" SANNI, Mubaraq" Aliu, Ismaila Daudu
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 3 - March
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Abstract :
Continuous incidence of governance failures,
fraud, corruption and inefficiencies necessitate
increasing demand for public sector performance.
Nigerian government is insensitive to the plight of the
citizens to effectively generate and optimize the usage of
available resources. All efforts established to delineate
the actions and standards of behaviours of civil servants
such as good leadership styles, code of conduct and
integrity seem not to be in existence and these
consequently affect the performance of the public
sector. This study therefore, examined standards of
behaviour and public sector performance. The study
employed the two popular survey research instruments
(questionnaire and interview) to collect data
concurrently, analyse separately and merge results
during interpretations. The target population for
quantitative analysis is One Thousand and Fifty (1,050),
Six (6) from each of the 175 MDAs in Nigeria as at
December, 2018. Krejcie Morgan sample size
determination was used in arriving at the 280 samples
used in gathering quantitative data, ten (10)
participants were purposively selected for the
interviews. Descriptive and inferential statistics were
used in analysing the data; hypotheses were tested with
Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling
(PLS-SEM). Outcome indicated significant positive
relationship between leadership quality, code of conduct
and public sector performance, integrity is not
significant. The conclusion from the study is that
leadership styles in public sector influence performance
and also adherence with the code of conduct. The study
therefore recommends that Nigerian government should
strengthen leadership styles in all MDAs and agencies
saddled with code of conduct responsibilities be further
strengthened to ensure efficient public service delivery
in the Nigerian public sector entities.
Continuous incidence of governance failures,
fraud, corruption and inefficiencies necessitate
increasing demand for public sector performance.
Nigerian government is insensitive to the plight of the
citizens to effectively generate and optimize the usage of
available resources. All efforts established to delineate
the actions and standards of behaviours of civil servants
such as good leadership styles, code of conduct and
integrity seem not to be in existence and these
consequently affect the performance of the public
sector. This study therefore, examined standards of
behaviour and public sector performance. The study
employed the two popular survey research instruments
(questionnaire and interview) to collect data
concurrently, analyse separately and merge results
during interpretations. The target population for
quantitative analysis is One Thousand and Fifty (1,050),
Six (6) from each of the 175 MDAs in Nigeria as at
December, 2018. Krejcie Morgan sample size
determination was used in arriving at the 280 samples
used in gathering quantitative data, ten (10)
participants were purposively selected for the
interviews. Descriptive and inferential statistics were
used in analysing the data; hypotheses were tested with
Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling
(PLS-SEM). Outcome indicated significant positive
relationship between leadership quality, code of conduct
and public sector performance, integrity is not
significant. The conclusion from the study is that
leadership styles in public sector influence performance
and also adherence with the code of conduct. The study
therefore recommends that Nigerian government should
strengthen leadership styles in all MDAs and agencies
saddled with code of conduct responsibilities be further
strengthened to ensure efficient public service delivery
in the Nigerian public sector entities.
