Performance-Based Rewards and the Performance of Teachers in Private Secondary Schools in Kampala District (#57843)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .................................................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL. ....................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................ iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... v

LISTS OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... viii

LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................ ix

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................. x

ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................... xi

CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................................ 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 1

1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background to the Study ............................................................................................................ 1

1.1.1 Historical Background ............................................................................................................. 1

1.1.2 Theoretical Background .......................................................................................................... 4

1.1.3 Conceptual Background .......................................................................................................... 6

l .1.4Contextual Background ............................................................................................................ 8

1.2 Problem Statement ..................................................................................................................... 9

1.3 General Objective .................................................................................................................... 10

1.3.1 Specific Objectives ............................................................................................................... 10

1.4 Research Questions .................................................................................................................. 10

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1.5 Scope ....................................................................................................................................... 11

1.6 Significance of the study .......................................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................. 12

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................ 12

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 12

2.1 Theoretical Perspectives of Performance of Teachers ............................................................... 12

2.6 The Conceptual Framework ..................................................................................................... 14

2.2 Review Literature .................................................................................................................... 15

2.2.1 Types of Performance - Based Rewards ............................................................................... 15

2.2.2 Effect of Perfonnance Based Rewards on the Perfonnance of Teachers in Private Secondary Schools .................................................................................................................................. 17

2.3 Arguments Supporting Performance - Based Rewards ............................................................. 21

2.4Arguments Opposing Performance - Based Rewards ................................................................ 26

CHAPTER THREE ......................................................................................................................... 34

METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................... 34

3.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 34

3.lResearch Design ....................................................................................................................... 34

3.2 Study Population ...................................................................................................................... 34

3.3Sample Size and Sample Selection ............................................................................................ 34

3.4 Data Collection Methods and Instruments ................................................................................ 35

3.4.1 Self administered Questionnaire ............................................................................................. 35

3.4.2 Interviews ............................................................................................................................. 35

3.4.3 Validity ................................................................................................................................. 36

3.4.4 Reliability ............................................................................................................................. 36

3.5 Data Processing and Management ............................................................................................ 37

3.5.1 Qualitative Data .................................................................................................................... 37

3.5.2 Quantitative Data .................................................................................................................. 37

CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................................................................... 38

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION .............................................. 38

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4.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 38

4.1 Demographic characteristics of Respondents ................................................................................ 38

4.2 Results of the Specific Objectives ................................................................................................ 41

4.2.1 Types of Performance-Based Rewards used in Private Secondary Schools in Kampala .............. 41

District? .................................................................................................................................... 41

4.2.2 Effect of Performance-Based Rewards on the Performance of Teachers in Private ..................... 43

Secondary Schools in Kampala District? ................................................................................... 43

4.3 Summary of findings ................................................................................................................... 47

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................ 48

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................... 48

5.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 48

5.2 Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 48

5.2.1 Performance-Based Reward used in Private Secondary Schools in Kampala district .................. 48

5.2.2 Effect of Performance-Based Rewards on the Performance of Teachers in Private .................... 51

Secondary Schools in Kampala District? ................................................................................ 51

5.3 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 53

5.3 1 Performance-Based Reward used in Private Secondary Schools in Kampala district .............. 53

5.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 54

REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 55

APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... 64

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