The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council

A dissertation submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management in partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe University.

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Auteur principal: Sechonge, Magreth
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Langue:anglais
Publié: Mzumbe University 2024
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spelling oai:null:123456789-15312024-10-22T06:47:23Z The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council Sechonge, Magreth Women leaders Performance of women leaders Local government authorities Local government authorities-Tanzania A dissertation submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management in partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe University. The study was conducted at Mvomero District Council, aiming at examine the performance of women leaders using some elements of good governance and general performance criteria. Specifically the study focused on the performance rate of women leaders based on selected elements of good governance, the factors affecting women leaders‟ performance, the current perception of organization employees on women leadership, and views on enhancing women leaders‟ performance. The study adopted a case study design where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Purposive and simple random samplings were used to select a sample of 75 employees at Mvomero District Council. In data collection; interview and questionnaires methods were used. Study findings were presented in tables, numbers, percentages and text. The study revealed that the performance rate of women leaders is very good (81%) with regard to participation, very good (90%) with regard to accountability is, good (69%) with regard to rule of law, very good (76%) with regard to fairness or equality and very good (76%) again with regard to responsibility. In additional performance rate of women leaders was good (52%) with regard to availability and accessibility of policies and seculars, below average (43%) with respect of seeking people‟s ideas, and very good (84%) overall performance. It was further revealed that the perception on women leaders is changing. In case of factors affecting women leaders‟ performance the listed factors include: lack of commitment, lack of support, corruption, sexual harassment, family responsibilities and political influence. Stakeholder views on improving women leadership included: transformation/change in leadership, women leaders to be more accountable, positive perception on women leaders. Study recommends that women leaders should be given support, be committed, confident and involve people in decision making processes, improve availability and accessibility of policies and seculars to employees and try to be fair to all employees. They should make sure that rules and regulations are followed at work. Private 2024-10-21T12:14:01Z 2024-10-21T12:14:01Z 2013 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1531 en application/pdf Mzumbe University
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Performance of women leaders
Local government authorities
Local government authorities-Tanzania
Sechonge, Magreth
The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council
title The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council
title_full The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council
title_fullStr The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council
title_full_unstemmed The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council
title_short The performance of women leaders in local government in Tanzania: The case of Mvomero District council
title_sort performance of women leaders in local government in tanzania the case of mvomero district council
topic Women leaders
Performance of women leaders
Local government authorities
Local government authorities-Tanzania
url https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1531
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