The effects of organizational culture on employees performance

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of organizational culture on employees performance. The study came into being as a result of unethical culture among the employee‘s which constitutes not being effective in carrying out their duties. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the organizational culture capable of enhancing employees performance in an organization, evaluate the determinants of culture in an organization, examine the effect organizational culture has on performance of employees and finally examined the relationship between organizational culture and employee‘s performance

This study adopted a simple random sampling method, using both descriptive and inferential statistical approaches. Research questions were raised while and hypothesis were formulated and tested using a sample of eighty two (82) from the population of one-hundred and three

(103) employees‘ in Nigerian Eagle Flour Mill in Oyo state, out of which seventy nine (79) employee‘s responded rightly to the questionnaire which was later used for the analysis.

The findings revealed that goals and objectives (with mean, X=3.9241) of the organization is the greatest determinants of the culture in an organization. This was followed by environment of operation(X=3.7595), managerial style (3.7215), sex of employee(X=3.7089), Individuals working in the organization (X=3.6962) and finally nature of operation(X=3.2455). Thus all factors stated as determinants of the culture in an organization are accepted, as each of this recorded a mean value above 3.0. It also revealed that there is a significant relationship between employee performance and organization culture. The r (77) =.581**, P<0.00. Hence, the null hypothesis is rejected. It further revealed that employee performance had positive relationship with organization culture. This implies that the culture of the organization will have a long way to go in the performance of the employees working in such organization. Coefficient of determination (r2=.335) reveals that organization culture has a low effect on performance of employee, that is it accounts for 33.5% variance in performance of employees in the organization. Also there is significant contribution of organization culture on employee performance. The table reveals R=.581, R Square= .338, Adjusted R Square= .330. The study therefore concluded that developing a well-organized culture will help to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of employees and in return help an organization in achieving its overall goals and objectives.