Staff compensation strategies and school administrators’ performance in secondary schools in Rulindo District, Rwanda
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2013-09
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Kampala International University,College of Education and Management
Abstract
This study determined the relationship between staff
compensation strategies and school administrators’ performance in
seccwidary schools in Rulindo District, Rwanda. As a way of achieving
the research purpose, four specific objectives were formed and these
included: to determine the level of compensation strategies; to
determine level of school administrators’ performance; to establish
difference in: (a) compensation strategies between private and public
secondary schools; (b) school administrators’ performance between
private and public secondary schools; and finally, to establish the
relationship between compensation strategies and school
administrators’ performance in secondary schools in Rulindo district.
Descriptive comparative and correlation were the design used in
this study. The research sample was 110. Respondents were sampled
using universal sampling. Data was collected from the field using selfadministered questionnaires with four Likert scale. Data on
respondents profile was analyzed using frequencies and percentages
while mean ranges were used to determine the level of research
variables. So as to establish the difference in research variables
between private and public secondary schools, ANOVA, involving mean
ranges and F-test were established. Correlation was used together with
regression coefficient analysis.
The research findings indicated that the level of compensation
strategies in the selected secondary schools in Rulindo district was
generally high (mean=2.51); school administrators’ performance was
also high (mean=2.70); the study also found out that there is a
significant difference in compensation strategies and school
administrators performance between private and public secondary
schools. A significant relationship between compensation strategies
and school administrators’ performance was also found at r. value
0.887, Beta value of 0.887 and sig. value of 0.000).
It was concluded that effectiveness in compensation strategies
can significantly boost the performance of secondary schools in Rulindo
district. This study recommended that both the government and
private school owners should seriously take into consideration issues
regarding compensation so that administrators’ can perform to their
best.
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A Thesis Submitted to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Award of a Master Degree in Education
Keywords
Staff compensation, Strategies, School administrators, Performance, Rwanda