The heads of Academic Departments at the University of Jordan thought about spreading culture from the point of view of faculty members
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https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2021.10.2.287.302Keywords:
Academic Departments, spreading culture, faculty membersAbstract
The study aimed to uncover the role of the heads of academic departments at the University of Jordan in spreading the organizational culture from the viewpoint of its faculty members. The study used the descriptive survey approach, in order to survey the role of the heads of academic departments at the University of Jordan in disseminating organizational culture from the point of view of the faculty members in it., Of 348 members, and the following results were reached:
The general average of the role of academic department heads at the University of Jordan in spreading organizational culture from the viewpoint of its faculty members is medium with an arithmetic mean (3.22) and a standard deviation (0.68). The study also found that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of (5.05) = a for the role of the heads of academic departments at the University of Jordan in spreading the organizational culture from the point of view of the faculty members in it due to the variable of rank, experience in all fields, and the study recommended encouraging and motivating department heads to work. To spread the organizational culture in a variety of ways, and to conduct more studies on the subject of study in Jordanian universities in order to provide decision-makers with a scientific base to help them rely on it in addressing the current reality to obtain what is desired , there are no significant differences at the level of the sign (a = 0.05) depending on the main study variables (grade, years of experience, Among the most important recommendations that came out of the study is to encourage and motivate department heads to work on spreading organizational culture in a variety of ways, and to conduct more studies on the subject of study in Jordanian universities so as to provide decision-makers with a scientific base that helps them rely on it in addressing the current reality to obtain what is desired.
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