Volume 20, Issue 2, May 2017, Pages 539–550
Paul Tuitoek1, Simon Kipchumba2, Joel Koima3, and Benard Odero Asienyo4
1 Faculty of Commerce, Kabarak University, Kenya
2 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
3 Faculty of Commerce, Kabarak University, Kenya
4 Organizational Development and Project Management Consultant, Bistech Systems, Nakuru, Kenya
Original language: English
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Football is an “industry” and clubs “businesses” characterized by competition for resources. The opportunities presented by expanding markets and the challenges of an environment characterized by increasing competition require that clubs successfully position themselves to build sustainable, competitive advantage. The main aim of the study was to analyze the effects of corporate reporting and leadership structures on performance of soccer management in Kenya Premium League. The study adopted descriptive research design taking 96 elected officials and 48 employees giving a total of 144 target population who understood key issues of football governance as the target population of the study. The study used probability sampling random sampling technique to select the respondents. Data was collected using both primary data collection tools. Structured questionnaires administered to the selected respondents was used elicit information related to governance structure of the Clubs whereas both structured questionnaire and secondary data collection form was used to collect information related to Kenya Football Premium League Performance. Although the boards had fair corporate reporting practices, their leadership practices were not to the standard of corporate governance practices characterized by most clubs aligned to specific tribe or counties, the idea which was a replica of their respective boards.
Author Keywords: Corporate Governance, Football Performance, Corporate Structures, Corporate Leadership and Corporate Reporting.
Paul Tuitoek1, Simon Kipchumba2, Joel Koima3, and Benard Odero Asienyo4
1 Faculty of Commerce, Kabarak University, Kenya
2 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
3 Faculty of Commerce, Kabarak University, Kenya
4 Organizational Development and Project Management Consultant, Bistech Systems, Nakuru, Kenya
Original language: English
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Football is an “industry” and clubs “businesses” characterized by competition for resources. The opportunities presented by expanding markets and the challenges of an environment characterized by increasing competition require that clubs successfully position themselves to build sustainable, competitive advantage. The main aim of the study was to analyze the effects of corporate reporting and leadership structures on performance of soccer management in Kenya Premium League. The study adopted descriptive research design taking 96 elected officials and 48 employees giving a total of 144 target population who understood key issues of football governance as the target population of the study. The study used probability sampling random sampling technique to select the respondents. Data was collected using both primary data collection tools. Structured questionnaires administered to the selected respondents was used elicit information related to governance structure of the Clubs whereas both structured questionnaire and secondary data collection form was used to collect information related to Kenya Football Premium League Performance. Although the boards had fair corporate reporting practices, their leadership practices were not to the standard of corporate governance practices characterized by most clubs aligned to specific tribe or counties, the idea which was a replica of their respective boards.
Author Keywords: Corporate Governance, Football Performance, Corporate Structures, Corporate Leadership and Corporate Reporting.
How to Cite this Article
Paul Tuitoek, Simon Kipchumba, Joel Koima, and Benard Odero Asienyo, “Effect of Corporate Reporting and Leadership on performance of Kenya Football Premium League,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 539–550, May 2017.
