Level of Organizational Trust at Kuwait Public and Private Universities and its Relation to Faculty Members’ Motivation from their Point of View

Abstract

The study objective was to examine the degree of organizational trust

at Kuwait public and private universities and its relation with faculty

members› motivation from their point of view .A random sample was selected

from Kuwaiti public and private universities faculty members representing

(%15) of the total population .The final sample consisted of (335) faculty

members distributed on Kuwaiti public and private universities .To achieve

the objective of the study, a descriptive correlational method was used .Two

measures were developed for data collection: the first was the organizational

Trust questionnaire consisting of (30) items and Motivation Scale consisting

of (26) items .Both validity and reliability for the two measures were obtained.

Results of the study indicated that the organizational trust level among

faculty members at Kuwait public and private universities was high, and

this applies to motivation level . Results of the study indicated no significant

differences due to type of university, faculty and experience in organizational

trust and motivation levels among faculty members at Kuwait public and

private universities on all domains and the whole score .Results of the study

indicated a positive significant correlation between organizational trust

among faculty members at Kuwait public and private universities and their

motivation .

In light of these results, the study recommends the need for maintaining

these high levels of organizational trust and motivation among faculty

members at Kuwait public and private universities by continuous use of

current university plans and update them on regular basis .