The Causes of Workplace Conflicts among Teachers’ Performance: A Case Study of Government - Aided Secondary Schools in Bukonzo County, Kasese District

Abstract

The study sought to establish the effects of workplace conflicts on teachers’ performance in the government –aided secondary schools in Bukonzo County, Kasese District. It focused on establishing the categories, causes and the effects of workplace conflicts on teachers’ performance in the government –aided secondary schools in Bukonzo County Kasese District. A non-experimental descriptive survey design was adopted which used interviews and structured self-administered questionnaires to collect data from a sample of 178 participants. The head teachers, deputy head teachers and directors of studies were sampled using purposive sampling and the teachers were sampled using stratified random sampling. This sample comprised of 11 head teachers, 11 deputy head teachers, 11 directors of studies and 145 teachers. The schools were sampled using census sampling. The causes of workplace conflicts are said to be scarcity of resources, misappropriation of funds and role ambiguities. In light of the above findings, the following recommendations were made; school administration should find out the root causes of workplace conflicts in the government -aided secondary schools and involve all the stakeholders in the school management in order to enhance discipline for effective conflict management strategies to be put in place. Keywords: Causes, workplace, hazards, conflicts, secondary schools, Uganda