“The Effect of Organizational Culture On Employees Engagement: The Case of Cooperative Bank Of Oromia S.C “

Abstract

The core objective of this study is to examine the effect of organizational culture on employees’ engagement in Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C .Organizational culture is used as an .Independent variable in the conceptual frame work, while employee engagement is used as a dependent variable. Four research questions and four objectives were developed to attain the goal. Organizational culture was more expressed using specific culture elements such as values, norms, artifacts, symbols culture. With the quantitative research methodology, both descriptive and explanatory like correlation, ANOVA, and Regression were used. The study used a target population of 2646 and sample size was, 148. SPSS is used to analyze the data. The data was analyzed and the results were interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. According to a Pearson correlation analyzes, there was a statistically significant and positive relationship between employee engagement and all four organizational culture elements (values, norms, artifacts and symbol). The remaining three organizational culture elements: norms, artifacts and symbol culture had significant contribution in predicting employees’ engagement in their respective order. And also the results of regression analysis, it can be concluded that 51% of the variation in the employees’ engagement of the bank can be explained by the organizational culture. Based on the research findings and research conclusions, the bank should observe the organizational culture and should check whether the cultures they have consistent approach to doing business are making their employees more engaged or not.The study recommended that the bank should give emphasis to all selected organizational culture elements i.e. values culture, norms value, artifacts culture and symbol culture which had strong influences on employees’ engagement.