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Article Title:
Impact of Information and Information Technology on Empowerment of Employees Private School Sector in Northern Region in Jordan
by Shaker Qudah and Yahya Melhem

Abstract:
Empowering the frontline employees cannot work in vacuum. Empowerment of employees, while very important, requires an important requirements and conditions. Information and information technology are predicted to act as the most important requirements and qualities for empowering 21st century workforce. Hence, this article aims at testing the impact of information in general(GE) and information technology (IT) in particular on the impact of empowering employees in the private school sector in Northern region in Jordan. A survey questionnaire was developed to reflect a simple model of the presumed relationships. A sample of 120 employees has participated in the survey and data were collected and analyzed using means, regressions and correlations to test such impact. The study analysis and results approved the study assumptions indicating that there is a significant impact of information technology variables (Adjusted R Square= 0.035), and information variables in general on the empowerment of the frontline employees in the private school sector in Jordan (.077), and p < 0.05. Recommendation for both academics and managers were provided in this research.

Keywords: information, information technology, empowerment, private schools, Jordan

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