PERCEIVED EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON WORKERS EFFECTIVENESS IN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC RESOURCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IBADAN, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the perceived effect of organizational culture on employees’ effectiveness in the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 70 employees in the organization. Data were obtained through a structured questionnaire, and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that the majority (61.4%) of the employees were male and belong to the age range of 31-40 years, with a mean age of 39.2 years. Furthermore the majority (84.3%) of the respondents’ were married, while 86.4% of them obtained tertiary education with about twenty years working experience. Findings revealed that the most perceived factors affecting organization culture was organization learning with high pooled mean score of 4.20,while their perception on coordination and integration ( =3.88) was adjudged low. Organizational culture in NACGRAB is premise on the elements of organizational values as indicated by the employees with high mean score of ( =4.29), while a grand mean score of ( =2.25) indicated a weak evidence of a significant relationship between work process system and workers effectiveness. Pearson product moment correlation analysis shows that age of the respondents (r=-0.290, p<0.05) had a significant relationship on workers effectiveness. The result further shows a stronger correlation between organization culture variables such as (organization value, and organization climate) whereas weak correlation exists between culture elements like (leadership style and work process system) and workers effectiveness. The study asserted that organization culture is an open system approach which has an interdependent and interactive association with workers effectiveness. It is recommended that managers should create an enabling environment and maintain good working relationship with their subordinates in order to increase their performance and effectiveness.><0.05) had a significant relationship on workers effectiveness. The result further shows a stronger correlation between organization culture variables such as (organization value, and organization climate) whereas weak correlation exists between culture elements like (leadership style and work process system) and workers effectiveness. The study asserted that organization culture is an open system approach which has an interdependent and interactive association with workers effectiveness. It is recommended that managers should create an enabling environment and maintain good working relationship with their subordinates in order to increase their performance and effectiveness.