Researcher Abdulkarim Yahya Yahya Al-Salmi was awarded a PhD degree in Educational Administration and Planning for his dissertation titled: The Role of Organizational Values in the Relationship between Organizational Politics and Job Performance among Employees of Yemeni Universities, which was submitted to Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Faculty of Education–Sana’a University. The dissertation defense was held on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
The PhD Viva-Voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:
• Assoc. Prof. Ali Yahya Ali Mahmoud Sharaf Al-Deen – Internal Examiner and Chair, Sana’a University.
• Prof. Abduljabbar Al-Tayeb Ameen Al-Noor – Main Supervisor and Committee Member, Sana’a University.
• Assoc. Prof. Abdulaziz Abdulhadi Shaif Al-Ameri – External Examiner and Committee Member, Hajjah University.
The dissertation aimed to examine the state of organizational politics, organizational values, and job performance among employees of Yemeni universities, and to investigate the mediating role of organizational values in the relationship between organizational politics and job performance.
The dissertation findings revealed that the level of organizational politics in Yemeni universities was moderate and that organizational politics had a negative effect on both job performance and organizational values. By contrast, the levels of job performance and organizational values were high, with cooperation and belonging ranking as the most prominent organizational values.
Structural modeling further confirmed the mediating role of organizational values in the relationship between organizational politics and job performance. This mediating role helps mitigate the negative effects of organizational politics and support institutional performance efficiency.
In light of these findings, the researcher recommended strengthening the values of justice and transparency in Yemeni universities and enforcing professional codes of ethics to curb behaviors associated with organizational politics. He also called for linking reward and promotion systems to actual performance criteria, rather than personal relationships and favoritism.
The dissertation defense was attended by a number of academics, postgraduate students, researchers, as well as the researcher's colleagues and family members
