The impact of the open strategy in achieving administrative reform and the modifying role of social support: an analytical study in the Directorate of Education in Nineveh Governorate

• Published in: Tikrit Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences Vol. 20; no. 66, part 1; pp. 60 - 79
• Main Authors: Saif Khalaf Attallah, Alaa Ahmed Hassan Obaid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Arabic
• Published: Tikrit University 30.06.2024
• Subjects: Open strategy, administrative reform, social support
• ISSN: 1813-1719
• DOI: 10.25130/tjaes.20.66.1.4

This study aims to analyze the impact of the open strategy in achieving administrative reform, by studying the modifying role of social support in this process. For the purpose of reaching the research objectives, the questionnaire was used as the main tool for collecting data, and the descriptive analytical method was used in dealing with the theoretical and applied research data. The Directorate of Education in Nineveh Governorate was chosen as a field for research through an analytical study, and the research sample consisted of (282) employees from Senior and middle leadership in the directorate, and the research reached a set of conclusions and recommendations that contribute to clarifying the relationship between the study variables and their dimensions. The study found that the open strategy has a positive impact on achieving administrative reform, by improving employees’ participation in decision-making, enhancing cooperation between different departments, and improving government performance. The study also found that social support plays an important role in enhancing the impact of the open strategy in achieving administrative reform, by providing psychological and social support to workers, enhancing trust between workers and management, and creating a positive work environment. In light of these results, the study recommended the need to strengthen the open strategy in the investigated directorate, and provide social support for workers in this directorate, in order to achieve administrative reform and improve government performance.