Business incubators and their role in developing creativity in Jordanian universities from the faculty members' point of view

Abstract

The current study aimed to uncover business incubators and their role in developing creativity in Jordanian universities from the faculty members ’point of view. The study was applied to a random sample of faculty members at Mu'ta University during the year 2020-2021 AD, as the number of the study sample reached from a faculty member. The researcher used the questionnaire to collect the study data, as the questionnaire included four dimensions: (the training and consulting dimension, the technical support and the performance evaluation dimension, the administrative and office services dimension, the financial support and financing dimension). The indicators of its validity and reliability were verified, and the study reached a set of results that were as follows:

Business incubators and their role in developing creativity in Jordanian universities from the point of view of the faculty members, and it came at the macro level with a high degree, and the perceptions on the level of dimensions between the high and the medium ranked the training and consulting dimension ranked first, and with a high degree, followed by the dimension of "administrative and office services" With a high degree, it came in third place after “technical support and performance evaluation,” with a medium degree, and came fourth and last dimension

“financial support and financing,” with a medium degree as well. The absence of statistically significant differences in the faculty members ’estimates of the role of business incubators in  developing creativity in Jordanian universities according to the (gender) variable when the results showed the existence of differences attributed to the faculty variable and in favor of the scientific colleges