Role of Participative Decision Making on Teacher Job Performance in Public Primary Schools in Mbozi District, Songwe Region.

Mashambo, Gabriel Godiel (2022) Role of Participative Decision Making on Teacher Job Performance in Public Primary Schools in Mbozi District, Songwe Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the role of participative decision making on teacher job performance in public primary schools in Mbozi district, Songwe region. Specific objectives for this study were to examine the role of participation in instructional decisions on teacher job performance, to analyze the role of participation in curriculum decisions on teacher job performance in public primary schools in Mbozi district, Songwe region as well as to assess the role of participation in managerial decisions on teacher job performance in public primary schools in Mbozi district, Songwe region. The study was anchored on PDM Theory and Douglas McGregor’s Theory Y. The study used mixed approach where both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in data collection and analysis. The target population was 304 teachers from 30 schools in 5 selected wards: Magamba, Isansa, Shiwinga, Itumpi and Isansa wards. A sample size of 30 respondents was picked through clustered sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire for school teachers. Reliability was ascertained using internal consistency reliability which yielded a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of greater than 0.7 for each variable included. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Simple Regressions) were used for data analysis using SPSS. The study revealed that, the extent of role of participation in instructional, curriculum and managerial decisions on teacher job performance was high (HE) in public primary schools in Mbozi district, Songwe region. It was recommended that schools apply participative decision making that encourage high level of teachers’ participation in instruction, curriculum and managerial decisions in order to increase the teachers’ job performance

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