ABSTRACT
The research was conducted to investigate the Role of Organizational Culture on Employee Job Performance at Dangote Agro Sack Limited. The study adopted survey research method and a sample size of 240 respondents were drawn from the population through simple random sampling technique. Data was generated by’questionnaire administration and the collected data was presented and analyzed with the aid of statistical tools. It was concluded among others that organizational culture has positive effect on workers’ performance which is based on the findings that companies derive core values and beliefs that guide the conduct of her workers in all spheres of business activities. The study recommends that organizational culture and value should be reviewed at appropriate times so as to derive new values that will conform to changes in the business environment.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
The term culture refers to a relatively stable set of beliefs, values and behaviors commonly held by a society, being derived from social anthropology as a framework for understanding “primitive” societies (Kotter and Heskett, 1992).
The term organizational culture was used for the first time in the academic literature by Pettigrew in 1979 in the journal “Administrative Science Quarterly”. Organizational culture was used to explain the economic successes of Japanese firms over American firms by motivating workers who were committed to a common set of core values, beliefs and assumptions (Denison, 1984). One of the most important reasons that explain the interest in organizational culture is the assumption that certain organizational cultures lead to an increase in organizational financial performance. According to Peters and Waterman (1982) successful organizations possess certain cultural traits of excellence. Ouchi (1981) showed a positive relationship between organizational culture and productivity.
The literature on organizational culture is rich and diverse. Much of its richness is founded on the claim that culture is linked to organizational performance. Even though there’ are some theorists that questioned the culture-performance link, sufficient evidence exists to suggest that organizational culture is associated with organizational performance (Ogbonna and Harris, 2000).