Human resource management activities and teacher performance in selected rural secondary schools of Isingiro district Uganda
Abstract
The study set out to examine the relationship between human resource management
activities on teachers' performance in selected rural secondary schools of lsingiro. The study
examined the relationship between recruitment, staff development, remuneration and working
relations on teachers ' performance. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, case study
design comprising of quantitative and qualitative research methods was used. The study was
carried out in six schools and the sample size was selected through simple and random
sampling techniques .The sample size comprised of 6 head teachers, 128 teachers of which 54
were females and 68 males. Questionnaires, interviews and observations were used to collect
data. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyse data with descriptive and
inferential statistics. The study revealed that human resource management activities
particularly recruitment, remuneration, staff development and working relations had a
relationship on teachers' performance. The study recommended that schools should formulate
effective and efficient policies that recruitment, staff development, remuneration and working
relations policies should be incorporated with human resource management activities for
improved teachers' performance in rural secondary schools.