Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2 Educational Administration, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan and Researcher, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Management, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4 Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Organizational culture as a source and a source of organizational processes, affected management practices and organizational members' attitudes toward their jobs. Thus, job satisfaction or dissatisfaction can not be divorced from organizational culture. The aim of this research was to analyze the relationship between staff perception of organizational culture and their job satisfaction in the faculties of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: The study was descriptive- survey. The statistical population consists of staff of faculties of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 1390 and 273 participants were categorized randomly as the study sample. To collect the respondents’ opinions, Standard Denison Questionnaire for measurement organizational culture and a questionnaire which was made by the researcher for measurement job satisfaction was used. The questionnaire’s validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The estimated Cranach’s alpha for organizational culture, job satisfaction and the whole questionnaire was estimated as 0.90, 0.80 and 0.92 respectively. The statistical analysis for the present study was done by statistical tests such as one sample t-test, Anowa and Tukey. Furthermore, the research hypotheses were tested by the structural equation modeling technique and SPSS, Amos Software. Results: The results indicated that the organizational culture had a meaningful positive relationship with the job satisfaction in staff of faculties of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Moreover, the factors of “consistency” and “mission” had the most relationship with staff job satisfaction 0.19, 0.47 respectively. However, no meaningful relationship was found between the factor of “involvement”, “adaptability” and job satisfaction. Conclusion: Findings showed that professional perceptions and attitudes are factors of the various organizational and. if the organizational culture promotes employee empowerment, people are more motivated and eager to do the job. Keywords: Organizational Culture; Job Satisfaction; Personnel
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