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The impact of Core Competencies in improving the Organization commitment of employees in Mutah University in Jordan

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This study aimed to identify the impact of Core Competencies (Core of Administrative functions, Administrative roles Communication Skills Self-development) in Improving the Organization commitment (normative commitment, affective commitment, continuous commitment) in Mutah University, To achieve the objectives of this study? a questionnaire was developed for data collection. The sample was valid for analysis was (329) , where Version of (SPSS? 16) was used to analyze the questionnaire data ,The most important findings of this study were ,there is an impact Core Competencies in improving the Organization commitment , Mutah University in Jordan ,and The perceptions of Mutah University staff toward Core Competencies was a medium level and to Organization commitment was a high level.
The study presented a number of recommendation ?the most important was ? working to adopt building and developing competencies , giving staff more knowledge and capabilities in the operations of the university, also ,Enhancing the level of organizational commitment of employees by paying interest to incentives and its types and working to direct it correctly so it will be based on competency, variable performance and higher achievement and other positive standards, to reach those who deserved it only, without distinction between workers.
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