المشكلات الوظيفية التي تواجه وكيلات الأقسام الأكاديمية في بعض الجامعات السعودية

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to identify the important workplace problems which female deputy department chairs face, at King Saud, King Faisal, and King Abdulaziz University.

The effects on the administrational outcome are also studied and analyzed.

The population of the study consisted of all female deputy department chairs at King Saud, King Abulaziz, and king Faisel University.

In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher designed a survey containing 53 problems related to the workplace.

These problems were associated with the administrational work, faculty members, and students.

The survey also contained 12 recommendations that may relieve and solve these problems.

The data collection was conducted using the SPSS program.

A number of statistics procedures, compatible with the nature of the study, were utilized.

The results showed a set of problems that female deputy department chairs routinely face.

These problems in turn, negatively affect the quality of their work.

Some of these problems were; Limited money resources, limited number of faculty members and the students' ignorance of university policies.

The study also revealed that there was a significant statistical difference between the occurrence of administration problems for female deputy department chairs at King Saud and King Abdulaziz University.

These differences are prominent at King Saud University compared to King Abdulazziz University.

No statistical differences were found concerning problems related to faculty members and students according to the university variable.

The study also revealed that there were no statistical differences concerning the occurrence and effects of workplace problems according to experience, training, and academic status variables.

Based on the finding of the study, the researcher submitted a set of recommendations that could help solve these problems, such as: the importance of allocating necessary funds for departments, the need to enforce the participation of female faculty members in the department's meeting by the university presiden