RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Below is a questionnaire, which you are requested to fill on the organizational culture and
employee performance in selected private secondary schools in Mogadishu-Somalia. Please read
carefully and give appropriate responses by ticking [√] or by filling in the blank spaces provided.
Information obtained from this questionnaire will be treated with uttermost confidentiality
SECTION A: GENERAL INFORMATION
In this section you are kindly requested to tick the alternative that fits your opinion.
1. Gender
1. Male 2. Female
2. Age
1. 18-25 2. 2. 26-33 3.34-41 4.42-49 5. 50 and Above
3. Marital status
1. Single 2. Married 3.Divorce 4. Widow
4. Level of education
1. Primary 2. Secondary 3.Diploma 4.Degree 5. Master& PhD
5. Teaching Experience
1 .1-2yrs 3-4yrs 5-6yrs 7 years above
SECTION B: Level of organizational culture
Direction: - Please rate the extent to which these factors considered important by putting a tick
Mark (√) under: (1=strongly Agree, 2= Disagree, 3= Agree 4= strongly disagree) based on their
degree of importance. Tick or choose the right alternative that corresponds with your opinion
genuinely:
Organizational culture Strongly Disagree Agre Strongly
agree e Disagree

Leadership practices
1. Managers treat their subordinates equally and are
concerned about their well being
2. Managers offer emotional support in times of need
3. Head teachers/managers delegate responsibilities to
their subordinates over decisions and performance
4. Managers gives instructions and supervise
performance

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5. Managers listen and provide opportunity for
explanation
6. Managers are committed to innovation and
development
Decision making
1. Subordinates participate in decision making
processes
2. Subordinates are consulted on suggestions and
ideas in making decisions.
3. Formal rules and policies are designed afire
consultation from all stakeholders
4. Teachers are engaged in addressing school
management problems
5. Teachers are represented on school management
committee
Communication
1. Feedback is always given to staff (teachers) for
improvement

2. Group meetings are regularly held for any

necessary updates
3. Managers always communicate to their
subordinates for any new policies in the school
before implementation
4. Subordinates are given freedom to communicate to
their managers without going
through any other party
5. The flow of communication is generally Bottom-up
Loyalty
1. Every individual is given a chance to bring in new
ideas for competitiveness and achievement of
organizational goals
2. Rewards depends on individual efforts and
creativity
3. Staff development opportunities are offered to
every staff (teachers) for new skills

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4. Managers/head teachers guides and participate
towards new developments in the school

5. There is a high degree of transparency in terms of

accountability and resource management

6. Teachers are involved in determining school

allocation and utilization of resource s
SECTION C: Level of employee performance in selected private secondary
schools
Direction: Please rate the extent to which these factors considered important by putting a tick
Mark (√) under: (1=strongly Agree, 2= Disagree, 3= Agree 4= strongly disagree) based on their
degree of importance. Tick or choose the right alternative that corresponds with your opinion
genuinely:
Employee performance Strongly Disagree Agre Strongly
agree e Disagree

Commitment
1. Teachers voluntarily work for extra hours
2. Teachers address students’ academic
challenges regularly depending on individual
student’s needs
3. Lesson plans are prepared and submitted to
the Concerned authorities in time.
4. Teachers freely discuss their teaching
methods and problems
5. Teamwork is exercised during discussion
of admission framework and school time table
and examinations
6. Teachers exercise individual risk taking to
Innovate, compete and achieve or
organizational goals and objectives.
Productivity
1, Teachers work as a team towards academic

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achievement and excellence
2. All class curriculums are completed in their
specified period of time
3. Regular reports concerning staff and
student performances are submitted and
addressed accordingly by the management
4. Head teachers visits their teachers in class
for supervision
5. Employees work with passion and enjoy
the working environment
Turn over
1. The level of employees leaving the school
is high
2. Most of the teachers in our school have
been here for more than 3 years

3. Students and parents will demonstrate if

they change their teachers
Absenteeism
1. All staff report at work in time
2. Minimal cases of employee /teachers’
absenteeism have been reported
3. Teachers only miss class with reasonable
explanations like sickness, death or any other
emergencies

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