Researcher Bara Asfour, a student in the program of Ph.D. in Business, joint with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, defended his dissertation entitled: "The Relationship between Administrative Commitment, Psychological Empowerment, and Job Performance among Employees of Higher Education Institutions in Palestine (the West Bank)."
The research aimed at evaluating the relationship among the three fields of study: administrative commitment, psychological empowerment, and job performance at Palestinian universities in the West Bank. The data of the study was collected from a sample of 665 academics from a number of public and private universities using a questionnaire consisted of a measurement of administrative commitment, and an instrument for psychological empowerment and individual work performance.
The Participants of the study showed moderate levels of administrative commitment and job performance, and acceptable levels of psychological empowerment. Moreover, the findings of the study revealed that administrative commitment and psychological empowerment are positively related to job performance. The findings of the job performance analysis also varied according to the variables of sex, educational level, and type of university, as males had a lower educational level than females, and job performance was higher in private universities.
The researcher recommended an implementation of strategies to enhance administrative commitment and psychological empowerment to improve the job performance of the academic staff.
The dissertation was supervised by Professor John Lipinski, and the examination committee was constituted of Professors Kenneth Paul and Michael Kosicek.