Responsible Leadership, Social Trust, and Governance in Nigeria: A Systematic Review

The paper focuses on responsible leadership, social trust and governance in Nigeria. Responsibility in leadership is among the reasons organizations, institutions and even nations succeed. Problematically, Nigeria is in search of responsible leadership; a leadership ready to make decisions and stand by those decisions no matter whose ox is gored. Sentiments and bias in serious decisions making, have never taken any society or organizations higher. The study therefore examined the nexus between leadership, social trust vis-à-vis good governance. To investigate this, the paper adopted qualitative documentary research design relying on the PRISMA model of analysis. The McGregors Theory X & Y in leadership were adopted to analyze the contending variables. Findings showed that; - social trust contributes to successful implementation of economic policies and the rule of law; - responsible leadership and social trust facilitates human resource development not only through high investment in education; - responsible leadership and social trust has become increasingly important for sustainable economic development in Nigeria.