The political leadership and corporate governance: an analysis of leadership theories and its influence

  • Authors

    • Manzoor Ali China University of Mining and Technology, CUMT
    • Lv Tao China University of Mining and Technology, CUMT
    • Aftab Ahmed Shaikh Shaikh The Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1533-6311
    • Muhammad Sajid China University of Mining and Technology, CUMT
    2017-07-05
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbas.v6i3.7706
  • Political Leadership, Corporate Governance, Political Influence, Leadership Theories & Corporate Sector.

  • The Leaders and their leadership style possess strong influence on corporate sector and its overall working affairs. Effective political leadership is a benchmark for successful corporations as they follow the best strategies from political setup and move towards productivity and efficiency. This paper, therefore, highlights the importance of successful leadership theories and practices, which may follow by the corporate sector for better results. This study explores the influence of political leadership on corporate governance as a corporate sector has to remain under the policy and rule dominancy of the state, hence, this paper elaborates the research questions comprising of 20 items in order to know the influence of political leadership and to analyze the leadership theories and practices in Pakistan.

    This paper is quantitative in nature, and close ended questionnaire was used to collect the data from 100 samples comprising of government and private-sector employees working in Pakistan. The statistical tool's factor analysis and correlation are used, and according to the results by factor analysis, 5 components were retained or extracted out of 20 variables. All the variables show high level of correlation with components as cumulative correlation measured by Factor Analysis is .825, which is good in practice. As per results derived from KMO and Bartlett’s test, the overall sampling remained .796 that shows a good measurement. In addition to the results, respondents favor that political leadership, and corporate governances are essential ingredients for the organizational development. Majority of respondents were of view that political leadership put strong influence on the affairs of corporate governance.

    This paper will help the government and corporate sector to work in collaborative way to achieve their respective goals and run the country and organizations on sound economic track. In continuation, this study also helps the political governments to revisit their influence and ensure complete agreement and harmony with corporate sector, and thus help the corporate sector in performing its role in sustainable economic development.

    The necessity of this study was strongly felt as corporate sector in Pakistan has yet to revise its relations with the sitting political government for effective contribution to gross national production (GDP). The performance of corporate sector in terms of productivity and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not satisfactory at all in Pakistan, but working collaboratively and delegating powers to down level can really help both political and corporate sector to achieve their pre-specified objectives.

    Author Biography

    • Aftab Ahmed Shaikh Shaikh, The Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
      Professor  
      Faculty of ICT, Takatu Campus, BUITEMS, Quetta, Pakistan

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    Ali, M., Tao, L., Shaikh, A. A. S., & Sajid, M. (2017). The political leadership and corporate governance: an analysis of leadership theories and its influence. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6(3), 45-50. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbas.v6i3.7706