The role of structural empowerment in enhancing creative performance

An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of employees of the Directorate of the Holy Karbala Municipality

Master’s thesis submitted to the Board of the College of Administration and Economics / University of Karbala, and it is part of the requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in business administration sciences

written by

Ali Mohammed Mohsen Hassan Al-Khafaji

Supervisor

Prof. Dr

Meithak Hatef Alfatlawy

Abstract

 This study seeks to determine the impact of structural empowerment on creative performance. Through its dimensions (originality, fluency and flexibility).

The study was conducted in the Directorate of Karbala Municipality (the center), as the necessary information for the field side was obtained through the questionnaire prepared for this purpose. The practical, including (confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, standard deviation, weighted mean, Pearson correlation coefficient, Structural Equation Modeling, and coefficient of determination (R2)), through SPSS statistical programs. .V.25;Amos.V.23).)

The study reached a set of results, the most important of which is (there is a positive correlation and effect between the structural empowerment variable and the creative performance variable for employees), and based on this result, the researcher presented a set of recommendations, the most prominent of which is the need for the Karbala municipality directorate to seek to increase interest in the aspect of Structural empowerment of its employees for the purpose of achieving its planned goals, by increasing attention to the creative performance of its employees for the purpose of stimulating their talents and intellectual abilities to enable them to develop appropriate solutions to work problems that may hinder the completion of their tasks.

Keywords: Structural empowerment, creative performance, Karbala municipality directorate.