Obstacles of Administrative Creativity Among the Principals of Public Schools in Amman City from their Point of View

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the obstacles of administrative creativity among the principals of public schools in Amman City from their point of view. With that, the descriptive survey methodology was adopted. The sample of the study consisted of (105) male and female principals selected randomly. To achieve the objective of the study, a 30-item questionnaire distributed over (3) areas was formatted.The results of the study showed that the obstacles of administrative creativity among the principals of public schools in Amman City from their point of view for various fields were at a medium degree, where the field of environmental obstacles ranked first, followed by the field of organizational obstacles in the second place, followed by the field of personal obstacles in the third and last rank.The results showed that there were statistically significant differences for both sex variable in favor of males and experience variable in favor of those with more than ten years of experience.In the light of the researcher's findings: Work to link social and cultural institutions in the community in order to unite efforts to contribute to raising awareness of community members of the importance of creativity and innovation in school work, and organize programs and training courses to develop creativity skills. Promote positive communication at all levels to facilitate proposals for the development and improvement of performance, and the need to provide integrated administrative staff in each school to reduce school workload and provide an opportunity for creativity and innovation.

Keywords: Administrative Creativity, Obstacles, Principals, Amman City.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-36-04

Publication date: December 31^st 2019