The trends of municipal employees towards elected council members in Jenin governorate

Abstract

                 This study aimed at identifying the trends of municipal employee

towards elected council members in Jenin governorate، it also aimed to

find out whether their attitudes had changed due to variations in: sex، age،

education، experience، and job title (position) . To achieve this، questionnaire

been designed consisted of (46) paragraphs to measure employees trends، the

research tool has obtained a high degree of sincerity and consistency (0. 88)

، distributed among a sample of (346) employees، which means (49%) of the

presented population.

After data collection and analysis، the study showed that the trends of

municipal staff towards Municipal council members were negative، the failure

of Municipal Council members in rewarding the distinguished employee

was the most negative prominent issue carried by the municipal staff، then

the procedures of Municipal Council members in promoting the staff، also

showed statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.

05) among staff average answers regarding their attitudes towards elected

municipal councils members، according to the variables: sex، and experience

of the employee، while showed no differences to the variables: qualification،

monthly income average، job title for the employee، the study recommended

that the municipal councils should follow clear and fair policy in promotions

for the staff.