Effects of Organizational Culture on Employees’ Performance: the Case of Ambo Woreda Administration Office

Abstract

The study is designed to examine “Effects of Organizational Culture on Employees’ Performance: The Case of Ambo Woreda Administration Office. The researcher used descriptive and explanatory research design. Descriptive research design is used to describe Effects of Organizational Culture on Employees’ Performance by using tables, pie-charts and graphs. The researcher also used Explanatory research design to examine Effects of Organizational Culture on Employees’ Performance: The Case of Ambo Woreda Administration Office by using Multiple Linear Regression model. The target population of the study was permanent employees of Ambo Woreda Administration Office with the sample size of 83 employees out of which 78 valid. The method of data gathering that researcher used was primary sources (questionnaire for employees, interview for managers) and secondary sources such as written materials which were published and unpublished as well as the reports of Ambo Woreda Administration Office. The finding of the research shows that there is positive relationship among Organizational Culture on Employees’ Performance. The mean value results and Standard deviation results show that organizational involvement and adoptability of Ambo Woreda Administration office have large effect on Employees’ Performance while consistency and vision and mission of Ambo Woreda Administration office have moderate effect on Employees’ Performance. From this we can conclude that there is significant relationship between organizational culture and employees’ performance in case of Ambo Woreda Administration office. Adjusted R-square indicates that percentage of variance in the dependent variable or outcome variable explained by the independent variables or predictor variables. In this case, 84.9% of the variance in employees’ Performance can be explained by work culture in case of Ambo Woreda Administration office.