The Influence of Authority Delegation on Leadership Performance during COVID19 Pandemic | ||
| المجلة العلمية للإقتصاد و التجارة | ||
| Article 11, Volume 52, Issue 1, April 2022, Pages 397-430 PDF (451.63 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsec.2022.227542 | ||
| Authors | ||
| فيصل المناور1; Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel aal Hassan2 | ||
| 1المعهد العربي للتخطيط، الکويت | ||
| 2Faculty member at Regional Development Center - Institute of National Planning – Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In 2019, there appeared a disease within china under the name of Covid-19. It is known as an infectious disease caused by the last detected virus of the Coronavirus series. There was no knowledge of this new virus and its disease before it began spreading in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Covid-19 has now turned into a pandemic affecting many countries of the world. With the appearance of this virus, all countries started delegating authorities to its lower departments in order to increase its readiness to face the pandemic and manage the daily lives of people in the best way possible (Al-Jammal et al, 2015). Current study aimed at examining the influence of authority delegation in increasing the efficiency of leadership performance during COVID 19 pandemic within the Kuwaiti ministry of health in 2020. The Study adopted the quantitative approach through exposing total of (372) officials within Kuwaiti ministry of health to an internal questionnaire related to authority delegation and leadership performance[1]. Results of study indicated that there excites a positive influence of authority delegation variables including (Unity of Commands, Degree of Absoluteness, Leadership Empowerment and Function of Responsibility) in increasing the efficiency of leadership performance within the ministry. This influence – as according to results - appeared to be stringer in fields of leadership empowerment and functions of responsibilities referring to the areas of delegation and the expected results of such delegation, in addition to that, results indicated that authority delegation helped the state of Kuwait in facing and containing COVID 19 pandemic in the best ways possible through the empowerment of many departments to take actions as according to their specialty, this has helped in managing the crisis with the least losses possible. Study recommended increasing fields of empowerment to leadership within ministry; this empowerment should be attached to extensive approaches to training. [1])- Population of study consisted of managerial officials and decision makers within Kuwaiti ministry of health. Total of (400) official were exposed to the questionnaire, researcher was able to retrieve (372) properly filled questionnaire which appeared as a statistically accepted ratio of 93%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Covid; 19. It is known as an infectious disease caused by the last detected virus of the Coronavirus series | ||
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