Authors : Maudhe Salim; Matovu Musa; Nabukeera Madinah; Ssali Muhammadi Bisaso

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 8 - August

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Abstract : This study investigates the influence of school justice on teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study sought to specifically assess the following specific objectives; i) To examine the influence of fair decision-making on teachers’ job performance, ii) To determine the influence of equitable resource allocation on teachers’ job performance, and iii) To establish the influence of transparent leadership on teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study revealed that fair decision-making has a statistically positive significant and moderate influence on teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. Additionally, the study revealed that equitable resource allocation has a statistically positive significant and very strong influence on teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study further revealed that transparent leadership has a statistically positive significant and strong influence on teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study concludes that school justice significantly influences teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda in that an enhancement in fair decision-making, equitable resource allocation, and transparent leadership would resultantly foster to an advance in teachers’ job performance in selected private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study recommends school administrators to ensure distributive justice through fair workload allocation, equitable resource distribution, and performance-based recognition as this may directly have an impact on teachers’ job performance in private secondary schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda.

Keywords : School Justice, Fair Decision-Making, Equitable Resource Allocation, Transparent Leadership, and Teachers’ Job Performance.

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