IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

IIARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (IJEBM )

E-ISSN 2489-0065
P-ISSN 2695-186X
VOL. 11 NO. 6 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijebm.vol.11.no6.2025.pg33.53

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Global Leadership Best Practices and Organizational Performance (A Study of Selected Telecommunication Firms in Umuahia North L.G.A. Abia State)

Melletus Uchechukwu Agbo, PhD, Moses Sunday Okebaram PhD, Meruo, Emmanuel, Okeoma PhD, and Okereke David Nnaemeka

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Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of global leadership best practices and organizational performance (A study of selected telecommunication firms in Umuahia North L.G.A. Abia state). Having analyzed the distributed 141 questionnaire to staff of Alo selected telecommunication firms in Abia State, descriptive survey approach was adopted and analyzed using regressions with the help of SPSS version 23.0. The following findings were made; There is significant impact of strategic leadership on organizational growth of selected telecommunication firms in Umuahia North L.G.A. Abia state. There is significant impact of paradoxical leadership on organizational efficiency of selected telecommunication firms in Umuahia North L.G.A. Abia state. This study evaluated the impact of global leadership best practices on organizational performance of selected telecommunication firms in Umuahia North L.G.A. Abia state. The study found that strategic leadership significantly influences organizational growth. Based on the findings, the study recommends that; the study suggest that an increasing behavior of leader who commit to staying with company, working toward for organization’s success of target, focus to achieving goal, and working toward the success of organizational change, appears to influence the value of organizational effectiveness. The management of telecommunication industries should keep embarking on strategic leadership in other to keep increasing organizational growth and maintain efficient service delivery. Lastly, invisible leadership style should be encouraged as they are best for the management of telecommunication industries to be adopted in order for them to wax stronger in a global financial competitive environment and increase organizational profitability.

keywords:

Global Leadership, Organizational Performance, Productivity and Profitability.

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