The Employee Empowerment and its Impact on the Performance of Employees in Taif University

Abstract

The general purpose of this study is to investigate the employee empowerment and its impact on the performance of employees in Taif University. This is ascribed to the fact that the approach of employees empowerment is one of the modern approaches in the field of human resources management. This approach may be used to improve performance, productivity, service quality, satisfaction of employees and customers and increasing organizational efficiency.

It should be indicated that raising the level of performance of employees may be attained through investigating and analyzing employee empowerment, taking into account that the diagnosis and analysis of the requirements necessary to apply employee empowerment (such as organizational culture, participation effective communication, continuous training, incentives system, managerial trust, clarity of role, organizational support, getting the required information and teamwork) and dimensions of empowerment (such as work importance, efficiency, freedom of choice and influence) are vital means through which Taif University may improve the performance of its employees. This means that the diagnosis and analysis of the requirements and dimensions of employee empowerment and recognition of the role of each employee provide the logical framework and necessary procedure required to pave the way for improving the performance of employees in Taif University.