Shared Governance at the Hashemite University in Jordan: Case Study

The purpose of the current study is to determine the degree to which academic staff members at the Hashemite University in Jordan are effective participants in decision making process. The results of the study indicated that the university academic staff participation in decision making process concerning the academic issues is strong, moderate degree of participation appeared concerning the developmental issues , but there was very low degree of participation in decision making process concerning the financial issues. Furthermore there were no significant differences among participation dimensions and proposed demographics of faculty members. However, there were significant differences between faculty members in scientific colleges and those in social sciences colleges in the dimension of developmental and planning issues for the favor of faculty members in social colleges.