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    An investigation of job satisfaction among secondary school teachers: The case study of Babati town council ”
    (Mzumbe University, 2015) Paulo,Siyoi Simon
    Job satisfaction among secondary school teachers in Tanzania is becoming an area of major concerns as highlighted by recent research studies and reports. Significantly job satisfaction is very essential to the continuing growth of employment system around the World. The General objective of the study is to investigate on job satisfaction among secondary school teachers as a whole and Babati Town Council in particular. The specific objectives of the study was; to determine the level of satisfaction and factors for job satisfaction among secondary school teachers, to identify the causes of job dissatisfaction among secondary school teachers and to identify measures to be taken to ensure job satisfaction among secondary school teachers at Babati Town Council. A study sample of 50 (N=50) teachers were surveyed. This study was for secondary school teachers who were chosen purposively regardless their gender (male or female), age and level of education of respondents. A case study design used since it allows an intensive investigation of a particular unit under consideration (Kothari, 2008). This research used descriptive type of case study, which investigated relationships between constructs. Using case study was advantageous to the researcher because of its focus on in depth investigation of individual, groups or organization. Sampling procedure which were used were purposive convenient sampling and purposive random sampling. The data was collected using questionnaire and documentary review methods. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics method where it used percentage in interpreting data. The study findings revealed that teachers are not satisfied with their work due to several factors; including low salaries earned, poor working and living environment, such as poor teaching facilities, lack of housing facilities, workload and lack of recognition form management, government and the society. The study suggests to the policy makers to account for these difficulties under which teachers work and live including issues of salaries, housing and recognition in order to retain committed teachers, eliminating strikes and achieving maximum quality education for the National development.
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    Factors influencing employee retention in public organizations in Tanzania: The case study of Mwanza regional secretariat
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Shao, Lilian Stanford
    Employee retention is a concern for organizations in this competitive job market because there are a great number of employment opportunities for talented professionals, the higher skilled the employees, the greater the demand for their services. In order to retain the best talents, strategies aimed at satisfying employee’s needs are implemented, the problem remains on how great is the effect of each strategy having toward overall employee’s retention. The primary aim of this study was to assess the factors that most significantly influence employee retention in public organizations in Tanzania, by using Mwanza Regional Secretariat as a case study. The sample size of forty employees, involving top, middle and lower level employees were the respondents in this study. The results of the study shows that job security, training opportunities, salary amounts, working environments, participative decision making, availability of allowances, relationships at work place, retirement benefits plans and promotion opportunities are some of the factors that basically influence employee retention at Mwanza Regional secretariat. The difference come from the implementation, those implemented as required like job security and retirement benefits plans their influence on retention is positive and those poorly implemented they act as a limit to employee retention efforts, which results to labour turnover, transfer of employees, low working moral and partial fulfilment of the organisation objectives. The solution to retention problems at the secretariat is to put more emphasis on financial incentives like increasing employee’s salary because according to the findings the respondents value them more than non-financial incentives. The findings of this study can be used by organizations to develop policies, practices, and strategies that would enable higher levels of employee retention and create greater efficiencies in meeting strategic objectives in the public sector, mainly at Mwanza Regional Secretariat.