English abstract
Administrative transparency is one of the most influential organizational practices that
positively affect the quality of work and raise the employees' morality. This study
investigated the relationship between administrative transparency achievement
motivation, in addition of the degree of administrative transparency practiced by school
principals, and teachers' achievement motivation in Suhar. Moreover, it studied the
influence of gender on the practice of administrative transparency. The study sample
consisted of 365 male and female teachers. The researcher used the Administrative
Transparency Measurement Scale developed by Rawlins (2008) to measure
administrative transparency, and the Academic Motivation Scale developed by Blais
(1993) to measure teachers' achievement motivation. The content validity of the two
scales was measured including the item validity and sampling validity. Moreover, the
internal consistency of the scales measured by the Cronbach's Alpha showed that they
had high reliabilities, which were 0.89 and 0.81 respectively. One of the main findings
of the study was that school principals practiced a low level of administrative
transparency, and teachers had low achievement motivation. The study also indicated
that the relationship between administrative transparency and achievement motivation
was weak r= 0.329. Those findings fairly supported the proposed model for the study.
Furthermore, the findings indicated that there were statistically significant differences in
the practice of administrative transparency due to the gender variable in the favor of
male. Based on these findings, it is recommended that the Ministry of Education should
provide training courses and workshops for school principals to familiarize them with
administrative transparency and develop a specific mechanism on how to implement it.
In addition, it is vital to raise teachers' achievement motivation through the
implementation of innovative motivating training programs. Teachers also should be
interviewed to explore sources of motivation and other factors that would help to
improve their achievement motivation, and reduce the pressure of their workload.
Finally, it is suggested to further investigate the reasons of low administrative
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transparency and achievement motivation in schools and the relationship of variables to
other potential variables.
