The Degree of Possession of Soft Skills by Staff Members in the Faculties of Lahj University from Their Point of View 10.35781/1637-000-106-004

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the degree of possession of soft skills by faculty members in Lahj University from their point of view. The study follows the descriptive analytical approach. The study community consisted of all faculty members in the faculties of Lahj University, numbering (260) members, of whom (128) members responded and were adopted as a sample for the study. The questionnaire was used as a study tool consisting of (98) paragraphs distributed over twelve skills. The results show that the sample members achieved a very high degree of possession of soft skills. The skill (leadership) obtained the first place in terms of its possession degree with an arithmetic mean of (4.52) and a standard deviation of (0.35), and a percentage weight of (90.4%) and a very high degree, followed in order by the skills (lifelong learning, planning and goal setting, communication and interaction, critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, time management and initiative), all of which were achieved to a very high degree, while the skills (risk taking, negotiation, decision making and problem solving) joined it, which were achieved to a large degree. The results of the study also show that there were no statistically significant differences at the level (α ≤ 0.05) between the average responses of the sample members in the fields of the study tool according to the gender variable, while it show the presence of statistically significant differences according to the scientific title variable in favor of the title of assistant professor, as well as the presence of statistically significant differences according to the variable of years of service in favor of the category of less than 10 years.