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The ability to make informed decisions through teachers’ participation is the best approach to
success in schools’ academic performance. Unfortunately, school heads find it difficult to
take this approach in their schools in enhancing teachers’ job and students’ academic
performance. Several informative studies have been carried out across the globe about what
influences teachers’ job commitment. However, little is known about the impact of teachers’
participation in decision making on job performance, this is also the case in public schools.
For this reason, this study investigated the impact of teachers’ participation in decision
making on their job performance in public secondary schools in Tanzania. It specifically
investigated the contribution of teachers’ participation in decision making, the challenges
facing teachers’ participation in decision making and possible measures to ensure effective
decision making in enhancing academic performance in public secondary schools. The study
employed a mixed research approach that adopted a convergent parallel design. Ninety six
(96) respondents were involved, including; ninety two (92) teachers and four (04) heads of
schools. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Data were
analyzed through descriptive statistics with the help of SPSS version 20 and thematic
analysis. The findings indicate that, teachers’ participation in decision making (TPDM) has a
positive influence on their job performance; however, the level of teachers’ participation in
decision making varies within and among schools. The study concludes that, heads of schools
should make sure that all teachers are fully involved in decision making. The ministry of
education should promote and organize training on participative management for teachers
and school leaders through various professional development programs in order to enhance
teacher’s job performance and student’s academic performance. Furthermore, the head of
schools should build a relationship that fosters trust among teachers themselves and the
school management. |
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