The Effect of Active Participation of Employees in Decision-Making and its Role in Functional Empowerment in

This study aimed at identifying the extent participation of employees in decision-making and its impact on empowerment among employees at private &government community colleges in Jordan, to achieve the goals of this study, questionnaire was designed and developed as an instrument to collect data.. The population was (418) employees; (192) from the government Community Colleges and (226) from private Community Colleges. The statistical package of social sciences (SPSS. V.16) was used to analyze the data. The study has reached upon the following Conclusions:-1. The perceptions of employees in the public and private colleges to the level of participation in decision-making was highly, but in favor of private Community Colleges. 2.. The perceptions of employees in the public and private colleges to empowerment came highly, up more in the private colleges. 3. There is an impact of level of participation in decision-making dimensions in the empowerment which explains (61%) of deviation in the dependent variable (empowerment). 4. There are significant differences (α ≤ 0.05) in the perceptions of participation in decision-making attributed to (gender, academic qualification, age, and experience) variables, and significant differences exist (α ≤ 0.05) in the perceptions of the empowerment attributed to (gender, academic qualification, age, experience, and place of work) variables. 1.