ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine the relationship between organizational culture and employee performance. In order to actualize the objectives of the study, various literature and theoretical issues were discussed. The instrument used for the purpose of this research was the primary research instrument (questionnaire). The mass of information generated from the questionnaires was summarized in form of table and analyzed using frequency, simple percentage and mean. The researcher administered one hundred and nineteen (119) questionnaires to respondents, out of which one hundred (100) were retrieved for the purpose of presenting and analyzing responses to issues raised in the questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested using the regression analysis statistical tool.

The findings from the analysis revealed among other things that; there is a significant relationship organizational culture and the behavior of organizational members; organisational culture has a significant relationship with employees’ job performance; organisational culture does not have a significant relationship with employees’ team spirit; and organisational culture has a significant effect on employees’ job satisfaction.

The study recommends amongst others that; the institution should maintain a flexible organizational culture, one which could be easily adapted to changes in the institution as a whole and their employees; for efficiency and improved employees job performance, organizational culture in the institution should be strengthened; the institution’s organizational culture as it relates to team building and team spirit should be improved upon; and for enhanced employees job satisfaction, the institution’s management should continually strengthen their organizational culture and adopt mechanism for effective monitoring of personnel in the institution’s compliance to the culture.