The Effect of the Organizational Structure on EmployeesEmpowering in the Tourist Hotels in Damascus Governorate

Abstract

The research aimed to study the effect of organizational structure on employees empowering, by addressing four basic dimensions of the organizational structure (specialization-complexity-formality-centralization). The researcher relied on the descriptive approach in the light of the studied population, which includes employees in the tourist hotels in Damascus Governorate, since it was relied on the random sampling method, a questionnaire was distributed to (420) employees in studied hotels, it was valid for analysis(384) and they were analyzed through the statistical program (SPSS-V.25). The study found a set of results, the most important of which are: there is an increase in the level each of specialization-complexity-formality-centralization in the studied hotels while there is a decrease in the level of employees empowering, results also showed a significant effect of organizational structure with its dimensions on employees empowering, since it was found that the organizational structure adopted by the hotels management affects the level of powers granted to employees.