Administrative Transparency and its Impact on Reducing Levels of Job Alienation: An Analytical Research of the Opinions of a Sample of Workers in Al-Muthanna Governmental Cement Plant

Abstract

The research aims at testing the relationship between administrative transparency as an independent variable in the level of organizational alienation of the employees of the studied organization as a dependent variable through the study and analysis of the opinions of a sample of workers in the Muthanna Cement Plant. For the purpose of identifying statistical differences between both research variables and reaching a set of conclusions and drafting recommendations, a questionnaire was drafted that included 33 items and collected data from 245 respondents from the various departments representing the study community and then collecting and analyzing the data and test the hypotheses using SPSS software through the use of descriptive statistic methods (percentages, arithmetic means, variance, materiality, simple correlation coefficient, simple linear regression). The research found that the existence of a relationship, an association and an influence with high p-values of administrative transparency in reducing the levels of organizational alienation and creating a climate of work through publicity in procedures and reasons for making decisions and issuing clear instructions will contribute in reducing the culture of confidentiality and monopoly of information. The most important thing recommended by the research is the need for senior management to identify the most important practical concepts that are needed to be clarified for working individuals in order to reduce administrative routine and clarify decisions and instructions and discuss them with all administrative levels in the organization and that could possibly contribute in enhancing the levels of employees’ job satisfaction in a way that can directly affect to reduce their levels of organizational alienation.