The Practice Degree of University Academic Leaderships in Jordan Private Universities within Amman Governorate for Administrative Empowerment and Its Relationship to the Level of Competitive Advantage and the Faculty Members’ Points of View

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the relationship between the degree of academic leaderships in Jordan private universities within Amman Governorate for administrative empowerment and its relationship to the level of competitive advantage and the faculty members’ points of view. and the sample was consisted of (337) faculty members, The results showed that the total score for the practice of administrative empowerment, obtained a general average of (4.10) and a high degree. At the level of the fields, the field of delegation of authority obtained the highest average (4.22), the field of participation in decision-making obtained (4.19),  the field of self-motivation obtained (4.06) , the field of effective communication with an average of (3.95), and the level of competitive advantage got an average (3.94) with a high degree. The results indicated that there is a positive correlation relationship with statistical significance between the total score of Kane administrative, the overall degree of the level of competitive advantage. In addition, there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of administrative empowerment exercise referring to a variable (Academic rank and experience), While there were statistically significant differences referring to the gender variable especially for the male group. There were no differences appeared with statistical significance in the level of competitive advantage due to variables (gender, academic rank, and experience).

Keywords: Academic leaderships, Jordan private Universities, administrative empowerment, competitive advantage.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-27-05

Publication date:September 30^th 2020