An Assessment of Impacts of Leadership Tussle and Organizational Performance in the Nigeria Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, NITR Headquarters, Kaduna

Abstract

Many organisations find themselves in leadership tussle between and amongst the staff, top management, regulatory bodies as well as other stake holders at various levels. On this note NITR is not exceptional as it was affected by leadership tussle especially from the year 2018 to 2023 when it had (3) Director Generals/CE within the period under review and the institute encounter series of protest, demonstrations, boycott among others by the joint staff unions which in affects the performance of the Institute. This paper is aimed at assessing impacts of leadership tussle and organizational performance in NITR Kaduna as well as of determining the factors responsible. The theory of leadership and organizational conflict theory by C.Y Sylor in the year (2000) which he refers leadership and organizational conflict in organisation as the condition of misunderstanding or disagreement that is caused by the perceived or actual opposition in the needs, interests, perceptions and values among people who work together was adopted. The theory remained relevant in this research considering the fact that leadership conflict in NITR was based largely on interest of staff, exercise and quest to hold power, issues related to interpretation of laws, circulars etc. The paper in its methodology adopted the use of questionnaire as instrument for primary data collection and documented materials in the secondary data, document analysis and use of tables, chats in data presentation, analysis and interpretation.