The Effect of Remote Leadership on the Staff Performance: In the Case of GIZ- Biodiversity and Forest Program

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2021-02

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Addis Ababa University

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The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of remote leadership on the staff performance, in the case of GIZ-Biodiversity and Forest Program. The effects of the remote leadership were measured based on the selected leadership elements communication, motivation and team building. The target population was 16 in numbers and all were employees of the organization from five leaders and 11 remote site advisors. The study used qualitative research approach and descriptive analysis has been also deployed. In order to achieve the researches objectives, Questionnaires were prepared and distributed to the target population in the organization and were self-administered by the researcher. The main findings in this study was identified different stands from leaders’ and remote team about communication and team building due to perception gap of leaders’ that caused low performance. Lastly the researcher gave recommendations based on the results that obtained from the analysis and Besides the suggested transformational leadership instruments that helps for remote leadership, the researcher recommend was that the organization should give attention and improvement to program remote leadership practices and leader perception to get the best communication and effective team building. Since the Leader perception is the dominant factors in GIZ-BFP in terms of lack of proper interpretation of the remote team current situation and or demands, the leader should recognize the values, beliefs and attitudes that are important factors affecting perceptual process and take the objectives and mechanics of perception into consideration

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Motivation, Team building, communication

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