EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON EMPLOYEE’S JOB SATISFACTION IN THE CASE OF WOLKITE UNIVERSIT

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of organizational culture on employee job satisfaction in Wolkite University. Explanatory research design was employed in this study. Out of 2411 employees 313 of them was participated in this study. Data were collected using questionnaires and document analysis. Data were analyzed by using the latest version (version 26) of statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software. Two types of statistics, namely descriptive and inferential statistic was employed. While the research was expected to leverage on such descriptive statistical tools as frequency, mean, and standard deviation, it also applied inferential statistics through ANOVA, Pearson coefficient of correlations and multiple linear regression model analysis. The findings of this study revealed that adhocracy culture was the dominant culture in the university. The organizational culture and employees’ job satisfaction have positive and moderate strength of relation. In addition, the level of employees’ job satisfaction was low in the university. Moreover, 21.1% of employees’ job satisfaction is explained by organizational culture. The results of this study also show that all the four organizational culture type has positive contribution to overall job satisfaction, but only the hierarchy culture has statistically significant influence on overall job satisfaction. Based on the findings, it was concluded that Wolkite University had focused on new innovation, risk taking and uniqueness of performance. But, since employee’s job satisfaction is highly affected by hierarchy culture type the university should focused on stability, formal structured chain of command and control, and efficiency