Monetary rewards and work commitment among teachers in rural public secondary schools in rombo district, Tanzania

In Tanzania government has abolished school fees and build more infrastructures in these schools the performance of these public schools is still poor. This study examined the effectiveness of monetary rewards on work commitment among teachers in rural public secondary schools in Rombo district in Tanzania. The study was guided by four specific objectives namely: to determine the influence of salary on teachers’ commitment in rural public secondary schools; to examine the influence of overtime payment on teachers work commitment in rural public secondary schools; to examine the influence of bonus on teachers work commitment in rural public secondary schools; lastly to determine the influence of house allowance on teachers work commitment in rural public secondary schools. The study employed Frederick Herzberg’s two factor theory. The study employed mixed approach where both qualitative and quantitative approached were used in the study. Moreover, the study employed cross-sectional survey research design. Also, the study employed 157 respondents. Data collection tools were Questionnaire, Interview and Documentary review. Probability and non-probability sampling approaches were deployed where simple random and purposive techniques were used. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis approaches were deployed using content analysis and SPSS, respectively. The findings shows that basic salary and overtime payment have significant influence on work commitment among teachers. While bonus, and house allowance have no significant influence on work commitment among teachers. The study concludes that there is a lot of dissatisfaction among teachers in public secondary schools due to low payment of salary and lack of other remunerations. The study recommends that the welfare of teachers needs to be significantly improved, teacher benefits regarding overtime allowances, need to be clarified, known to all and made available on time and by government so as to motivate them in their works. Also, this study recommends further research on monetary rewards because it is difficult to reach generalization as the study was conducted in Rombo district with small number of populations. For this matter the research may be investigated further in other location.