The Role of Women in the Disruptive Season of COVID-19 in Nairobi County, Kenya

Although the men have dominance in leadership and senior management positions all over the world, there is a need to examine the gender diversity implications to corporate Governance with an emphasis on the women leadership and how they have influenced this disruptive COVID-19 season. There is a need for a mixed model of leadership and management. This means moving from the masculinity model to integrate feminism for efficiency purposes as a result of diversity in the way decisions are made in the organizations (De Beaufort & Summers, 2013).Descriptive research design was adopted. The target population was the 10 St. Paul’s University Women Heads of Departments thus the use of census sampling. Primary data was collected by use of questionnaires. Analysis of the data was done through descriptive. Piloting was carried out reliability coefficients were calculated and was greater than 0.7 revealing that the research instrument was reliable. Regression analysis revealed positive and significant effects of women leadership during the disruptive season of COVID-19 in St. Paul’s University .It was concluded that women leaders/senior managers largely/significantly influenced the success of the institution through the disruptive season of COVID-19 because they were able to communicate properly and bring effectiveness in light of multi-dimensional challenges caused by the current pandemic and created competitive advantage for the University