Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality

Robert Makorere; Samuel Hudson Mrisha

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Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality

Robert Makorere, Samuel Hudson Mrisha

Published in Journal of Human Resource Management (Volume 7, Issue 4)

Received: 13 January 2019 Accepted: 22 October 2019 Published: 31 October 2019

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The aim of this study was to highlighting the approaches and challenges of motivating educational staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: The study draws some Insights from Morogoro Municipality; six public schools were selected in Morogoro Municipality. After selecting the Municipal, 55 teachers were selected and interviewed. Data collected were analyzed descriptively. Results show that the existence of various motivation packages in the educational sector ranging from cash facilities, free housing, and health services to meals service. However, limited funds, different workers’ desires, poor management, inadequate government motivation implementation strategies, limited motivation autonomy, and political intervention are found to be the challenges encountered in the course of motivating employees in the educational sector. Basing on these results, this study concluded that the process of motivating educational staff in public schools is still confronted by a number of challenges. The study therefore recommends that there is a need still to put more efforts in devising the solution to minimize the impact of such challenges. Therefore, if this recommendation is implemented, then then morally of educational staff would ultimately be realized.

Published in	Journal of Human Resource Management (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.jhrm.20190704.12
Page(s)	87-92
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Motivation, Motivation Packages, Education Staff, Challenges, Public Schools, Teachers, Education Sector

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Robert Makorere, Samuel Hudson Mrisha. (2019). Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality. Journal of Human Resource Management, 7(4), 87-92. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jhrm.20190704.12

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Robert Makorere; Samuel Hudson Mrisha. Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 2019, 7(4), 87-92. doi: 10.11648/j.jhrm.20190704.12

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Robert Makorere, Samuel Hudson Mrisha. Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality. J Hum Resour Manag. 2019;7(4):87-92. doi: 10.11648/j.jhrm.20190704.12

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Robert Makorere

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Mzumbe University, Morogoro, Tanzania
Samuel Hudson Mrisha

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Mzumbe University, Morogoro, Tanzania

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Robert Makorere; Samuel Hudson Mrisha. Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 2019, 7(4), 87-92. doi: 10.11648/j.jhrm.20190704.12

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Robert Makorere, Samuel Hudson Mrisha. Approaches and Challenges of Motivating Educational Staff in Public Schools in Tanzania: Some Insights from Morogoro Municipality. J Hum Resour Manag. 2019;7(4):87-92. doi: 10.11648/j.jhrm.20190704.12

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