Does organization culture matter?
Erick Nyakundi Onsongo erickonsongo@rocketmail.com Kisii University
Edward Miroro Mogusu edwardmogusu@gmail.com Mount Kenya University
Abstract
Corporate organization culture is the total sum of the values, customs, traditions and meanings that make a company unique. Corporate culture is often called "the character of an organization" since it embodies the vision of the company’s founders. The values of a corporate culture influence the ethical standards within a corporation, as well as managerial behavior senior management may try to determine a corporate culture. They may wish to impose corporate values and standards of behavior that specifically reflect the objectives of the organization. In addition, there will also be an extant internal culture within the workforce. Work-groups within the organization have their own behavioral quirks and interactions which, to an extent, affect the whole system. Roger Harrison's four-culture typology, and adapted by Charles Handy, suggests that unlike organizational culture, corporate culture can be 'imported'. For example, computer technicians will have expertise, language and behaviors gained independently of the organization, but their presence can influence the culture of the organization as a whole. Job climate mean practical situation where employee perform work therefore factor in job climate may be include supportive supervision, coworker social support and job awareness that effect employee satisfaction and retention
Key words; Organization, corporate, performance
Introduction to the paper
In any industry the success of an organization is extremely dependent on its human resources. Although there are many other factors that play a key role, a company must have effective employees in order to stay financially solvent and competitive. In order to maintain this valuable commodity, organizations must be aware of employee satisfaction and...