The impact of organizational culture on job performance: a study of Saudi Arabian public sector work culture
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Author(s)Ghazi Ben SaadLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-0680
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Muzaffar AbbasLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-0202
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(3).2018.17
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Article InfoVolume 16 2018, Issue #3, pp. 207-218
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This research aims to assess direct and indirect influences of organizational culture on job performance, as well as to evaluate the impact of each sub-element of organizational culture on such performance. It is argued that employees performance derives, on the one hand, from a long-term perspective related to changes that organizations manage and implement during their process of growth. A second dimension of organizational culture can be given through organizational values, routines and distinctive aspects of culture that allow organizations to create solid competitive advantages. Since most studies in this field were held in Western work cultures, this paper will be devoted to the analysis of this relationship within an Arabic cultural environment and more specifically within a Saudi context. A quantitative study tool, based on a comprehensive research questionnaire, was used and the sample was selected from various government departments being operative in Alkharj. The findings indicate a positive relationship between organizational culture and job performance. Likewise, four organizational culture sub-elements, namely Managing Change, Achieving Goals, Coordinating Teamwork and Cultural Strength, were found affecting positively on job performance, but with varying and distinct intensity. Only Customer Orientation was found negatively associated with job performance.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)M10, M14
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References44
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Tables10
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Figures1
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- Figure 1. Research model
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- Table 1. Descriptive statistics
- Table 2. Reliability analysis
- Table 3. ANOVA: Organizational culture scale
- Table 4. ANOVA: Job performance scale
- Table 5. Descriptive statistics
- Table 6. Correlation between the variables
- Table 7. Model summary
- Table 8. Coefficients
- Table 9. Inter-item correlation matrix
- Table 10. Coefficients
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Service quality, customers’ satisfaction, and profitability: an empirical study of Saudi Arabian insurance sector
Anis Ali ,
Mohammad Rumzi Tausif
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.15(2).2018.21
Investment Management and Financial Innovations Volume 15, 2018 Issue #2 pp. 232-247 Views: 3531 Downloads: 583 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯFinancial performance is the fundamental aspect to test the performance of the companies. The performance of insurance sector, like any other service industry, is supposed to depend significantly on customers. When it comes to customers, it is an established fact that customer satisfaction would be an important element. Customer satisfaction primarily depends on the quality of service it gets. It can be safely hypothesized that better service quality would lead to higher satisfaction, which would ultimately lead to higher profits for the company. Studies on this relationship in the insurance sector for Saudi Arabia are missing. Hence, this study aims at studying both the profitability of companies and quality of service and tries to relate it to customer satisfaction. The results are quite surprising, as the study establishes that although the qualities of services are found wanting in many areas, companies are earning good profits. A probable reason could be the statutory nature of the services. Nevertheless, this study recommends improving the quality of services and differentiating services between age groups for further improvement.
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The effect of leadership and organizational culture on employee performance that is educated by motivation (study on the implementation empowerment programs in Jayapura city)
Nansi Lidya Lolowang , Eka Afnan Troena , Atim Djazuli ,
Siti Aisjah
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(1).2019.23
Problems and Perspectives in Management Volume 17, 2019 Issue #1 pp. 268-277 Views: 2469 Downloads: 1137 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯVillages and sub-districts in Jayapura city are public organizations that provide service to the community. Villages and urban organizations require leadership, organizational culture and strong work motivation to support performance improvement. This research was conducted in 39 villages and sub-districts in the city of Jayapura. The population of this study was permanent employees in the villages and sub-districts in the city of Jayapura, which numbered 96 employees. All populations were chosen as research respondents, this research was census research. The analytical tool used in the research is Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of the study show that, first, direct leadership has no significant effect on employee performance, second, organizational culture has a significant effect on employee performance, third, leadership has a significant effect on work motivation, fourth, organizational culture has a significant effect on work motivation, fifth, work motivation has a significant effect on employee performance, sixth, work motivation is a perfect mediator of the influence of leadership on employee performance, seventh, work motivation as a partial mediator of the influence of organizational culture on employee performance.
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The role of knowledge management in organizational performance: case study of University of Malang, Indonesia
Andi Nu Graha , Achmad Sudiro ,
Armanu ,
Kusuma Ratnawati
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(1).2019.20
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