THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON EMPLYEES JOB PERFORMANCE:THE CASE OF HEINEKEN ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Thisresearchpaperdiscussedthe effectof organizationalculture onemployees’ job performance in caseof Heineken Ethiopia kilinto plant.It viewsorganizationalculture asthe patternofvalues, norms, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions that maynot havebeenarticulated but shapetheways in which people behaveand get things done. Theaim of thisstudy is to assess and examinetheeffect of organizationalcultureonemployee’s job performance inHeineken Ethiopia kilinto plant.Theconceptualframeworkisdesigned,takingorganizationalcultureasindependent variablesandemployeeperformance asdependentvariable.The thesisadoptsexplanatory researchwithquantitative researchapproach.The organizationalculture questionnaire was adopted fromDenison(1990) andtheemployeeperformancequestionnairewasadopted from Onyango(2014).Priorpilottestwasconducted andvalidity andreliability ofthe questionnaire wasdeterminedbeforedatacollection.Thestudytook119targetpopulationswithresponserateof105res pondents.Bothdescriptive and inferentialanalysisisusedtosee therelationshipand effectofindependentvariablesondependentvariable.Basedontheanalysis,there isapositive and significant relationship between thethree variables of organizational culture(mission, consistency andinvolvementculture)andemployee performance.Basedontheresearchfindings andresearchconclusions,majorrecommendationswereofferedforpossibleconsiderationtoHeineken Ethiopia kilinto plant