Administrative empowerment and its relationship to organizational commitment among female leaders in the Ministry of Education

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of administrative empowerment in its dimensions (delegating authority, teamwork, motivation, effective communication, and training), and the level of organizational commitment with its dimensions (emotional, normative, and continuity) among female leaders, revealing the relationship between them, and providing suggestions that its application can contribute to developing the level of administrative empowerment in order to strengthen the organizational commitment of female leaders in the Ministry of Education.The researcher used the descriptive survey method, and the questionnaire as a tool for collecting data which included (30) items distributed over three axes. The study was applied to a sample of (n= 178) leaders from a community of (n= 229) educational leaders working in the Ministry of Education. The study reached several results, most notably the following:
The administrative empowerment level with its dimensions (delegation of authority, teamwork, motivation, effective communication, and training) of female leaders in the Ministry of Education came at a medium application level, and an average (3.27). The dimension of (teamwork) got a high level of application, while the rest of the dimensions (training, effective communication, delegation of authority, motivation) got a medium application level.
The organizational commitment level with its dimensions (emotional commitment, normative commitment, continuity commitment) of female leaders in the Ministry of Education came at a high level of application, and an average (3.76). The dimension of (normative commitment) got a very high level of application, while the dimension of (emotional commitment) got a high level of application, and the dimension (continuity commitment) got a medium level of application.
There is a strong direct relationship with statistical significance at the significance level (0.00) between administrative empowerment and organizational commitment organizational commitment among female leaders in the Ministry of Education.The study samples’ agreement came to a medium degree on the suggestions that could contribute to developing the level of administrative empowerment in order to strengthen the organizational commitment of female leaders in the Ministry of Education, and an average of (3.35). The study recommended that it is necessary that the ministry of education continues its interest in empowering women leaders in their various positions, and working to raise the level of their organizational commitment.