Determine the impact of the internal environment on empowering female employees in the academic field at Istiqlal university

• Main Authors: Wan Mohd Yusof, Wan Chik, Md Faruk, Abdullah, Afaf, Salman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7377/1/FH02-INSPIRE-20-46176.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7377/

This study aims to identify the impact of the internal environment and its relation with the empowerment of employee (female/) in the academic field: Case study (Ali Istiqlal University). This study is descriptive according to qualitative approach using a non-probable sample by social survey by the sample method in the College of Administrative Sciences. The total of the study community has reached (141) faculty members at Istiqlal University, and the sample was restricted to faculty members in the Department of Public Administration at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and they are (15) faculty members. In this connection the researcher relied on an interview guide from his preparation, and the interviews were conducted from the viewpoint of the faculty members in the Department of Public Administration. Where the results of the study revealed that the university environment is a bureaucratic environment dominated by the male style, which is a reflection of the prevailing societal culture, as the candidates for senior positions are always men, being more influential from the point of view of the institution and there is no feeling that they are possible in the organization or influences in general in their workplace This may be because of selectivity as the challenges facing academies in the administrative environment due to centralization and the lack of a clear system of incentives and rewards prevent their empowerment, there is a great shortage in terms of the material aspect of the university of furniture and office equipment and the lack of complete infrastructure in the fact that the university is modern and under development. The results of the study reached a set of recommendations, the most prominent of which is the removal of bureaucratic obstacles hindering the leadership of faculty members and finding a gender balance in employment and scholarships by Palestinian higher education through systems that guarantee the right to equal access to opportunities, and reducing centralization through delegation and empowerment And responsibilities for academies. Create a clear, stable and fair system of incentives and rewards, provide appropriate financial conditions, fight wasta and adopt transparency in employment.