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    Factors affecting employee retention in the public sector in Tanzania: a case of selected secondary schools in Mbeya rural district council
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2013) Mwanjala, Ayoub Jacob
    This study examined the factors which affect employee retention in the public sector in Tanzania. The study was conducted in Mbeya rural district council. Three objectives guided this study. These objectives were to find out the extent to which intrinsic factors relate to employee retention; to examine the extent to which extrinsic factors relate to employee retention and; to examine the relationship between attitude of public secondary school teachers on their work and employee retention. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 112 participants. About 10 public secondary schools in Mbeya district were involved. Questionnaires and documentary review were used in data collection. Both quantitative and qualitative design approaches were employed for data analysis. Simple descriptive statistical methods were used to analyze the quantitative data; qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. The findings reveal that intrinsic factors (individual sense of achievement, recognition, increased responsibility, career progression, promotion opportunities and training and development) and extrinsic factors (management support, distributive justice, job security, work environment and climate, company policies as well as work organizations and interpersonal relations) are strong factors for employee retention in the public sector in Tanzania. The study found that salaries paid to teachers are not adequate to sustain their lives. Work environment and climate also seem to be unattractive to teachers in Mbeya Rural District Council. This shows that: salary and environment are the strongest factors for employee retention in the public sector in Tanzania. The study depicted that most of the teachers in the public sector are looking for new jobs in other institutions at which they believe are more payable than their current job, while, most of them are not sure if they will quit to these green pastures. The study recommends that, in order for employees to remain working in the public sector in Tanzania, the government should make sure that the intrinsic and extrinsic factors are well organized and improved to the extent that are convincing to teachers to remain in the teaching profession. In the case of salaries, the government of Tanzania is supposed to consider teachers’ complaints and increase their salaries to the extent that the government will convince them feel comfortable and, hence keep them retained in teaching profession. The government should also make sure that the environments in which teachers live are conducive. This can be implemented by building enough living houses for their employees, provision of social services such as health services, water and electricity.