Leadership ethical orientations, mindfulness and procurement contract performance in the COMESA central governments
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Date
2013
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World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Abstract
In this study, the authors seek to examine the prevalence and relationships between constructs
of mindfulness, task autonomy, inter-functional coordination, teamwork, contract implementation and
monitoring which have been largely ignored or not fully explored in previous empirical research; and
attempt to use them to predict contract performance.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses descriptive and analytical research designs guided
by multi-methods qualitative and quantitative research approaches to collect and analyze data predicting
contract performance in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member states.
Data was collected froma representative sample of ten countries and subsequent sampling was done at the
government ministries. Contracts were the unit of analysis as suggested by Brousseau and Glachant.
Findings – The study findings reveal that deontology, mindfulness procurement task performance,
competence of the procurement staff, inter-functional coordination and teamwork, mindfulness, task
autonomy, inter-functional coordination, teamwork, contract implementation and monitoring for
contract implementation and monitoring significantly and positively predict contract performance.
Contrary to the authors’ expectation, teleology ethical orientation and autonomy of procurement staff
significantly and negatively predicted contract performance. These findings have both policy and
managerial implications which the authors present.
Originality/value – Lastly, the authors recognize the virtue of ethical orientation of PDE leadership
which resides in deontology and teleology that has been largely ignored in previous contract
performance research. Paralleling previous empirical studies, the study brings together constructs of
mindfulness, task autonomy, inter-functional coordination and teamwork, contract implementation
and monitoring in predicting contract performance in a large regional sub-Saharan market of the
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
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Keywords
Uganda, Contracts, Mindfulness, Leadership, Autonomy, Teamwork, Monitoring
Citation
Ntayi, J. M., Ngoboka, P., Ndahiro, I., & Eyaa, S. (2013). Leadership ethical orientations, mindfulness and procurement contract performance in the COMESA central governments. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development. DOI 10.1108/WJEMSD-02-2013-0020