Leadership Styles, Workplace Politics and Moral Identity of Ugandan Public Procurement Staff
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2013
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International Journal of Public Administration
Abstract
The study predicts the moral identity of Ugandan public procurement staff using situational
factors like leadership styles, social interactions, organizational politics and personal isomorphism,
largely ignored in documented empirical literature. This study builds upon previous
studies which assert that much remains to be learned about moral identity. Data were collected
from staff handling the public procurement function in 105 randomly selected procuring and
disposing entities (PDEs). Data relating to the study constructs were collected using self-administered
questionnaires and an interview guide. The study established that workplace factors
singularly and/or interactively predict moral identity of procurement staff in PDEs in Uganda.
These findings have both policy and managerial implications which we discuss and present in
this article.
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Leadership styles, White-collar crime, Workplace politics, Moral identity, Ethics, Uganda
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Joseph Mpeera Ntayi (2013) Leadership Styles, Workplace Politics and Moral Identity of Ugandan Public Procurement Staff, International Journal of Public Administration, 36:1, 35-44, DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.713288