dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of Board of
management motivational practices on teacher’s retention in public secondary
schools in Athi River Sub County Athi, Kenya. The study objectives were; to
determine the influence of monetary incentives, non-monetary incentives,
influence of work schedule flexibility and the influence of career development
prospects on teachers’ retention. The study employed a correlation research
design. A correlation study determines whether or not two variables have a
relationship or influence each other. This means to study whether an increase or
decrease in one variable corresponds to an increase or decrease in the other
variable. Correlation design was suitable for this study because it enabled the
researcher to determine the influence of Board of Management motivational
practices on teachers’ retention in public secondary schools. The target population
for the study was 13 public secondary schools in Athi River Sub County. The
study, therefore, targeted a population of 260 teachers and 221 BOM members
given that each school has an average of 17 BOM. The main instruments for the
study were questionnaires that were administered to teachers and Board of
Management. Panel of experts in the education field were used to ascertain
instrument validity. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software
version 20.0 was used to carry data analysis. The study produced descriptive
statistics in form of cross tabulation tables to obtain correlation between variables.
The findings revealed that teachers in Athi river secondary schools are not well
motivated thus there is high staff turnover. Results findings showed that teachers
are not given monitory incentives for extra work they do, low provision of nonmonetary
incentives, inflexible working schedule and little room for career
development make teachers unmotivated which lead to low rate of teachers’
retention. Results further showed that, provision of monetary incentives (r=79.08,
p=0.000), non-monetary incentives (r=73.7, p=0.000), flexible working hours
(r=87.58, p=0.000) and room for career development (r=86.67, p=0.000)
influenced teachers’ retention and were statistically significant supported by chi
square and p values indicated. The study recommends that BOM should be
trained on management skills in order for them to understand the benefits of
employee’s motivational practices, this will help to minimize high rate of staff
turnover in Athi River public secondary schools. The study also recommends that
the BOM should tailor motivational practices that suit teachers to make them feel
recognized and appreciated. These initiatives will make them remain in service.
There is need for further research on other motivational practices that influence
teachers’ retention other than the four identified in this research. | en_US |