The Role of Organizational Culture on Employee Efficiency: In the Case of Child Development Training and Research Center

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to investigate the contribution of organizational culture on employees’ efficiency at Child Development Training and research Center. As a springboard, the study assumed organizational culture dimensions as an independent variable and employee efficiency as dependent variable. The dimensions of organizational culture further expressed using Workplace environment, Trust, Teamwork and Communication. To address the main target descriptive and explanatory type of approach was used; while a questionnaire was used to gather primary data. The target population of the study was all staff members who are working in Addis Ababa head office and Sendafa training center. Totally, the organization has 136 employees, so the research used census instead of using sampling technique because of the population is small to take out a sample out of it. The data collected from the participants analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques such as mean score and standard deviation. In addition, the data is analyzed using correlation and multiple linear regressions to investigate the relationship between the variables of the study using statistical package social science version 27. Specifically, the regression result reveals all predictor variables or organizational culture dimensions (Trust, Teamwork, communication, workplace environment) have statistically significant contribution on employee’s efficiency. The result shows that the four independent variables; Trust, teamwork, communication, workplace environment) that were researched explain 55.9% of variation employees’ performance as presented by the R2 value. The study concluded that an improved organizational cultural practice is an increasingly essential instrument for the higher employees efficiency. Therefore, the management of the organization should enforce these four organizational cultural dimensions as a way of improving its employees’ efficiency.