The effectiveness of incentive schemes to employees’ satisfaction in Tanzania: the case of selected secondary and primary schools teachers in Mbeya city council

This study assessed the effectiveness of incentive scheme to employees’ satisfaction in Tanzania, the case being selected secondary and primary schools teachers of Mbeya City Council. Specifically, the study aimed at examining the extent to which monetary as well as non-monetary incentives affects teachers’ satisfaction. Also the study investigates the extent to which employees’ perception of equity relates to satisfaction. In order to achieve this, the purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 100 respondents which was purposively selected in ten (10) public secondary and primary schools in Mbeya City Council. Questionnaires and documentary review were used in data collection. Both quantitative and qualitative design approaches were employed in the data analysis. The study found that most of respondents were not happy with the provision of incentive schemes to teachers. The study found out that salary earned by teacher per month does not sustain anymore due to high costs of goods and services. Similarly, the findings reveal that working and living conditions are not attractive to the majority of teachers. On top of all problems facing teachers were mentioned by the respondents. These problems included the provision of incentives to public servants which were not to be equally provided. For this reason most of teachers are looking for other professions with better salary, working and living conditions and other fringe benefits in case the opportunities available. From the findings of the study it is recommends that, for teachers to be motivated the government should take measures to review incentive schemes package for teachers in order to direct motivation to increase productivity and performance. Teachers are important for the development of any country therefore, their demands and complaints must be solved on time. Working and living conditions for teachers must be improved including work load, building enough and better houses, availability of learning and teaching materials including text books, increasing salaries to the level demanded depending to the growth of economy of the country. Also, the government must make sure that the provision of incentives is equal in all public sectors to avoid unexpected misconducts such as strikes, demonstrations, and absenteeism in work places.