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Title A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHERS’ PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR UNIVERSITIES REGARDING ACADEMIC DECISION MAKING

Author(s) Chaman Zareen

Abstract The present study was designed to compare the teachers’ participation in academic decision making. Major objectives were to compare the teachers’ participation in academic decision making among public and private sector universities and to explore the difference on the basis of gender, age and qualification of teachers’ participation in academic decision making among public and private sector universities. Theoretical framework of the study was taken from the work of Desalegn Gemechu (2012). The population of the study was based on 1636 university teachers’ from social sciences and management sciences of public and private sector universities of Islamabad. Total sample of the study was 692 teachers, where 500 teachers were selected from public sector universities and 192 teachers were selected from private sector universities. For the selection of sample disproportionate stratified sampling technique was used. The research instrument was adapted from work of Desalegn Gemechu (2012) and proper permission was taken from him. The instrument consisted of five components of academic decision making naming as instruction, disciplinary issues, guidance and counselling, personnel role and cocurricular activities. Data was analyzed through SPSS version 20 by using statistical tests like, percentage, independent sample t test and ANOVA. It was concluded that public sector university teachers’ were participating more in academic decision making as compare private sector university teachers’. Private sector teachers were only participating in instruction and disciplinary issues. On the basis of findings it is recommended that Private sector universities may provide a chance to their teachers’ to participate more in all the domains of academic decision making and private universities may explore the reason behind teachers’ less participation in academic decision making through different seminars and meetings.

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Department Education

Language English

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