Journal Article

The Effect of Perceived Internal Transparency on Organizational Goal Clarity

Darwish, Amany Darwish Osman, Fayed, Tarek Hamdy Mahmoud

2024

Overview

This study seeks to identify the impact of perceived internal transparency (PIT) (encompassing four dimensions: participation, substantial information, accountability, and secrecy) of Egyptian universities on their organizational goal clarity (OGC). The study adopted a comparative approach between public and private universities by comparing the relationships strength between 244 public university academics and 150 of their counterparts in private universities. The design of the research was based on a quantitative approach through which academics filled out online questionnaires aimed at measuring study variables. Data analysis was performed using correlation and regression analysis to test study relationships, and Chow test was used to compare the strength of relationships between the two groups. The results of the study showed significant effects of PIT on OGC (R2= 63.8% and 68.1%) in public and private universities respectively, with mixed results regarding the effects of PIT dimensions on OGC. The results also showed significant differences in the strength of relations between public and private universities. Based on the results, recommendations were made to the management of universities, where universities were urged to direct transparency initiatives to focus on clarity of vision and long-term goals, link university goals to individual roles of academics, and follow more objective ways of setting and evaluating goals. This study is one of the first that attempts to link transparency from an internal perspective with OGC of universities in the perceived by their academics, highlighting the differences between Egyptian public and private universities regarding the strength of the relationship between the two variables.

• Publisher: جامعة عين شمس - كلية التجارة
• Subject: الجامعات المصرية / الشفافية الداخلية / الهدف التنظيمي