The Role of Risk Management Best Practice for the Prevention of Corruption and the Promotion of Ethical Leadership in Nigeria: A Modified Delphi Study
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Mosindi, Augustine Umeadi
Shaw, Melanie
Ashford University
2020
142 p.
Ph.D.
Ashford University
2020
The problem explored in this study was the absence of viable leadership in Nigeria, resulting in widespread government corruption, unemployment, poverty, and the lack of government regulatory and risk management best practices to combat corruption. The researcher obtained consensus from a 35-member expert panel on strategies to increase risk management best practice for the reduction of corruption and the fostering of ethical leadership in Nigeria. The qualitative research design used was a modified Delphi method which included four-rounds of iterative online anonymous surveys administered through the SurveyMonkey platform. The key research questions (RQ) investigated are: (1) what is the consensus among expert panel on strategies to increase risk management best practice for the reduction of corruption in the Nigeria public sector?, and (2) what is the consensus among expert panel members on strategies to increase risk management best practice for the promotion of ethical leadership in the Nigeria public sector?. The social learning theory (SLT), and social disorganization theory (SDT) are used in this study as theoretical frameworks. The study findings showed a strong relationship between the essence of risk management best practices and leadership dexterity to address corruption. The panel identified accountability as the number one ranked risk management best practice and honesty as the number one leadership attribute. Future researchers should investigate the usefulness of conducting or carrying out longitudinal research using a cohort of countries concurrently to identify which risk management best practices and leadership attributes are more salient in the fight against corruption in different regions of the world.