Abstract

• The objectives of this research are to study the extent of teachers’ involvement in decision-making, to investigate the differences of teachers’ involvement in decision-making according to their personal factors, to study the level of teachers’ satisfaction on their involvement in decision-making and to examine the variations on teachers’ involvement and their satisfaction on decision-making. In this study, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. By using proportional stratified sampling method, two hundred and one teachers were selected as sample from eight Basic Education High Schools in Shwepyithar Township, Yangon Region. For quantitative study, questionnaire for teachers’ involvement in decision-making was used. Open-ended questions and interviews questions were used for qualitative study. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s ∝) of teachers’ involvement in decision-making and their satisfaction on involvement in decision-making were 0.94 and 0.93 respectively. In this study, the descriptive statistics, One-Way ANOVA, Tukey HSD test and Paired samples t-test were utilized. According to the findings, the extent of teachers’ involvement in decision-making was moderate (X̅=2.92, SD=0.45). There were no statistically significant differences in teachers’ involvement in decision-making grouped by age, service and academic qualification. There was statistically significant difference in teachers’ involvement in decision-making grouped by their position. The level of teachers’ satisfaction on their involvement in decision-making was moderate level in all areas of decision-making. There was a significant difference between the teachers’ involvement and their satisfaction on decision-making.