Strategic Leadership Enhancing Manufacturing Sustainability Outcomes: An Econometric Study of Fifty Manufacturing Companies in Kogi State, Nigeria
Halima Sadia Okara *
Texila American University, Guyana.
Ojonugwa Wisdom Yakubu
Department of Human Resources and Administration, Nigerian University Pension Management Company Ltd, Nigeria.
Ruth Joseph
National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This study focused on Strategic Leadership, Competitiveness and Organizational Sustainability of manufacturing Companies. The study assessed how strategic leadership affects competitiveness and organizational sustainability of manufacturing firms in Kogi State. The specific dimensions of strategic leadership that were studied are strategic flexibility and strategic execution. This study employed a survey research design. Fifty manufacturing companies were selected. The research employed 150 purposive samples. The study employed regression analysis. Finding showed that strategic flexibility has a significant effect on the competitiveness of manufacturing firms, and that strategic execution has a significant positive effect on the organizational sustainability of manufacturing firms. The study concluded that strategic leadership has a major effect on important organizational outcomes in manufacturing companies. The study recommended that manufacturing firms should invest in developing agile leadership and flexible decision-making structures that allow for quick adaptation to market changes. This study is relevant and timely because it addresses the urgent need for strategic leadership to improve sustainability and competitiveness among manufacturing companies in Kogi State, a region working to fortify its industrial growth in the face of environmental and economic obstacles.
Keywords: Strategic leadership, competitiveness, organizational sustainability, strategic flexibility, strategic execution