The Culture of Employee Empowerment and Its Relationship to The Development of Creative Thinking Skills Among Employees

Abstract

This study aimedto  investigate the relation of the job empowerment with its dimensions; the perceptive and the structural of the creative behavior for the employees at the governmental technical education colleges in Gaza Strip. The researchers used the descriptive analytic approach. The population of the study consisted of all academic employees at the University College of Sciences and Technology- Khan Younis, and Palestine Technical College- Deir Al Balah who has a number of (160) employee. The comprehensive scan style was used and (120) questionnaire were regained with 75% percent. The results indicated that there was a relation for the culture of the job empowerment on the skill of the creative thinking of the employee at the government technical education college in Gaza Strip. Also the results indicated that there were no differences due to the sex variable. There were no differences due to the scientific qualification.

There were differences due to the age variable in the field of (information sharing, problem solving, making decision, fluency and originality), while there were no difference in the other aspects. There were difference due to the experience variable in favor of the most experience. There were difference due to the place of work and the difference were in favor of the University College of Sciences and Technology. Based on those findings, the study recommended the following:

·  Development and reinforcement of the relationship and the work with team spirit between the management and the employees through exchanging ideas and suggestions.

·  Granting the employees to trust and independence at work and providing an atmosphere that encourage on spreading the culture of job.