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An Investigation On The Dominant And Preferred Organisational Culture Construct At A Selected Higher Education Institution In South Africa

Review of Social Sciences

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Title An Investigation On The Dominant And Preferred Organisational Culture Construct At A Selected Higher Education Institution In South Africa
 
Creator Wiseman, Ndlovu
Ngirande, H
Setati, TS
Zaaiman, JJ
Rachidi, MP
 
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Organisational culture; higher education institution; organisational behaviour
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Description The aim of the study was to investigate the dominant and preferred organisational culture at a higher education institution in South Africa and how organisational culture influences the organisational behaviour. The study employed a quantitative research design and 30 employees were randomly selected from two groups of non-academic and academic staff members of a selected school at the institution. A structured questionnaire was utilised to solicit information regarding the dominant and preferred organisational culture at the institution from the participants. The Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 2013 was used to determine the preferred and existing culture through mean scores. The results revealed that a role culture was dominant in the institution whilst employees preferred a support culture. The study further revealed that organisational culture has a significant impact on numerous organisational processes, employees as well as organisational performance. In addition, the results showed that if employees have shared norms and are supported by the organisation, they can increase their performance towards achieving overall organisational goals. Thus, from the findings, the study recommends policy makers and decision makers in organisations to adopt support culture through providing support to their employees to achieve both personal and organisational goals. 
 
Publisher LAR Center Press
 
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Date 2016-06-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.socialsciencejournal.org/index.php/site/article/view/38
10.18533/rss.v1i6.38
 
Source Review of Social Sciences; Vol 1, No 6 (2016): June; 01-08
2378-8550
2378-8569
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.socialsciencejournal.org/index.php/site/article/view/38/24
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Ndlovu Wiseman, H Ngirande, TS Setati, JJ Zaaiman, MP Rachidi
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0