The purpose of this study was to assess the innovative capability of the Saudi bureaucracy. As senior bureaucrats set the tone of the entire bureaucracy, they were the main objects of the investigation. The research involved examination of the innovative tendencies of the Saudi senior bureaucrats, evaluation by these bureaucrats of innovation in their units, the major factors which seem to explain low productivity, and changes that might help in producing innovation in the Saudi bureaucratic setting (such as age, social status, education, training). / Data were collected with a survey instrument administered to 231 Saudi senior bureaucrats in 10 ministries. Factor analysis, frequency distribution, and crosstabulation were used to analyze the data. / The findings indicated that the Saudi senior bureaucrats had low-level tendencies toward innovation. They believed that a small number of their subordinates were willing to be innovative, and that the major contributor to the low level of innovation among bureaucrats was their lack of technical skills. / The relationship was examined between innovation and several variables which may have a direct or indirect influence on the development of innovation and the degree of innovation. Testing of these relationships resulted in rejection of almost 44% of the null hypotheses. This indicated a significant relationship between innovation and these variables: appropriateness of education, job satisfaction, fear of mistakes, income, delegation of authority, decision making, centralization, social participation, and the size of the organization or ministry. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, Section: A, page: 1855. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75331 |
| Contributors | AL-HEGELAN, ABDELRAHMAN ABDELAZIZ., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 193 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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