عنوان المقالة:The Organization of Academic Departments and Participation in Decision Making as Perceived by Faculty Members in Jordanian Universities.
أيمن أحمد ابراهيم العمري | Aieman Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Omari | 13385
- نوع النشر
- مجلة علمية
- المؤلفون بالعربي
- Aieman Al-Omari
- الملخص العربي
- This study aims to understand the factors that influence faculty members’ participation in decision making within the framework of the academic department as a social organization. From this perspective, the researcher argues that how faculty members view the formal and informal structures of the department directly and indirectly affect their participation in decision making. Faculty members' characteristics, such as age and gender, also influence their perceptions and their participation in decision making. Through the path model developed by the researcher, a total of 185 faculty members who enrolled during the first semester 2006/ 2007 term at Jordanian Universities participated in the study, and by using a 12-item survey, this study shows that elements of a department’s formal and informal structures and of faculty members’ attributes directly and indirectly influence self-reported participation. Most notably the variables which exhibit substantial influence on participation in decision making include two measures of the formal structure as reported by faculty members: (chairperson-faculty interaction and faculty members’ perception of the chairperson as the authority of knowledge); one measure of the informal structure: (faculty members’ fear of peer disapproval), and two measures of faculty members’ attributes: (age and confidence). The most important finding to be taken from this investigation pertains to chairperson-faculty interaction outside of the department.
- تاريخ النشر
- 13/01/2007
- الناشر
- International Studies in Educational Administration
- رابط الملف
- تحميل (381 مرات التحميل)
- الكلمات المفتاحية
- Academic departmentsm paticipation in deciision making, faculty members, Jordanian universities