Human resource Practices and teacher engagement in the rural setting of Ugandan schools
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Date
2014-01
Authors
Angundaru, Gladys
Lubogoyi, Bumali
Bagire, Vincent
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Abstract
The study sought to examine the relationship between human resource practices and
teacher engagement in secondary schools in the far north district of Arua. The study was
premised on the counter- productive work behaviors of some secondary school teachers
working in the rural setting of Uganda. There was however, lack of local empirical studies
on the factors driving this trend. Cross sectional research design was adopted for the
purpose of the study using a sample of 226 respondents out of the total population size of
514 teachers in the selected local government. Pearson Correlation and regression analysis
were used to find out the extent to which HR practices predict teacher engagement. The
research findings showed a positive Correlation between the study variables. The study
concludes that there is need for the policy makers and school administrators to introduce
and effectively apply HR practices namely recruitment and selection, reward, performance
management, staff development programmes and employee involvement aimed at inducing
teachers’ engagement despite the upcountry setting in which they work. An earlier version
of this paper was presented at the 19thAnnual international management conference of
Makerere University Business School, September 2 -5, 2014.
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Human resource, practices, secondary schools, Uganda
Citation
Angundaru,G.,Lubogoyi,B.,Bagire,V,2016.human resource Practices and teacher engagement in the rural setting of Ugandan schools