International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
  Year: 2018 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 7-25
Information Technology used and it’s Impact on the Participation of Administrative Staff in Decision-Making in Palestinian Universities
Ihab Zaqout, Samy S. Abu-Naser, Suliman A. El Talla, Mazen J. Al Shobaki

Abstract:
The objective of the study is to identify the information technology used and its impact on the participation of administrative staff in decision making in Palestinian universities. A comparative study between the Islamic University and Al-Aqsa University. The study community consists of administrative staff in the Palestinian universities under study: the Islamic University and Al-Aqsa University. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used the descriptive analytical method in which they try to describe the phenomenon of the study, analyzing its data; the researchers used the stratified random sample method in the study. The study was conducted on a sample of (191) administrative staff from Al-Aqsa University and Islamic University. The response rate was 86.43%. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which is that there is a high degree of the level of information technology used in the Palestinian universities in Gaza Strip from the point of view of the administrative staff, where the percentage (74.72%). There was an average level of participation of decision-makers from the point of view of administrative staff, with a percentage of (64.99%). There is a direct correlation between the information technology used and the participation of decision makers, a statistically significant impact of the technology used on the length of participation of decision makers, the absence of differences between the sample according to the gender variable in the information technology used and the participation of decision makers, the absence of differences in the perception of information technology Employees used and participation of decision-making Employees depending on the age variable. There are differences of statistical significance in the perception of information technology used and the participation of decision-making staff according to the variable of scientific qualification and the existence of differences in the perception of information technology Employees used according to the variable years of service, and there were no differences in participation of decision-making staff depending on the years of service. The study reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which is that the interest of the departments of the Palestinian universities in the Gaza Strip in general, and Al-Aqsa and Islamic universities in particular, should be increased, and to give universities the opportunity to participate in decision-making.