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Abstract:
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The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of leadership traits on achieving competitive advantage in Kenyan state corporations using a case of Kenya Wildlife Services. The specific objectives were to identify the leadership traits exercised at Kenya Wildlife Services, to establish the sources of competitive advantage at Kenya Wildlife Services and to assess the effect of leadership traits on competitive advantage at Kenya Wildlife Services.The study adopted a descriptive research design.The target population was all 327 employees stationed at the head office based at Langata, Nairobi and 30% representative sample of 30% of the target population was selected. Stratified random sampling method was used. The study used primary data to achieve the study objectives. Primary data was collected through questionnaires. Cronbach Alpha was applied in assessing the extent to which the collected data was reliable. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics including means and frequencies and linear regression model. The results of the analysis were presented in the form of tables. The study found that the most exercised leadership traits were communication, openness to experience, conscientiousness and intelligence. Further findings were that the main sources of competitive advantage at KWS were organization policies and practices, organization culture and government policies and regulations and leadership traits were indicated as the least source of competitive advantage at KWS. The study also found that leadership traits had positive and significant effect on competitive advantage at KWS.The study recommended that state corporations leaders should continuously assess the specific leadership traits at |