The Performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania the case of Mvomero district council

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dc.contributor.author	Sechonge, Magreth
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-23T04:14:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-23T04:14:53Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11192/456
dc.description	A Dissertation submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management in partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Public Administration Degree (MPA) of Mzumbe University.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The study was conducted at Mvomero District Council, aiming at examine the performance of women leaders using some elements of good governance and general performance criteria. Specifically the study focused on the performance rate of women leaders based on selected elements of good governance, the factors affecting women leaders‟ performance, the current perception of organization employees on women leadership, and views on enhancing women leaders‟ performance. The study adopted a case study design where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Purposive and simple random samplings were used to select a sample of 75 employees at Mvomero District Council. In data collection; interview and questionnaires methods were used. Study findings were presented in tables, numbers, percentages and text. The study revealed that the performance rate of women leaders is very good (81%) with regard to participation, very good (90%) with regard to accountability is, good (69%) with regard to rule of law, very good (76%) with regard to fairness or equality and very good (76%) again with regard to responsibility. In additional performance rate of women leaders was good (52%) with regard to availability and accessibility of policies and seculars, below average (43%) with respect of seeking people‟s ideas, and very good (84%) overall performance. It was further revealed that the perception on women leaders is changing. In case of factors affecting women leaders‟ performance the listed factors include: lack of commitment, lack of support, corruption, sexual harassment, family responsibilities and political influence. Stakeholder‟s views on improving women leadership included: transformation/change in leadership, women leaders to be more accountable, positive perception on women leaders. Study recommends that women leaders should be given support, be committed, confident and involve people in decision making processes, improve availability and accessibility of policies and seculars to employees and try to be fair to all employees. They should make sure that rules and regulations are followed at work.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Women and leadership	en_US
dc.title	The Performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania the case of Mvomero district council	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US