A study of employee satisfaction in terms of organization culture

Abstract

This study investigated the link between organizational culture and employee satisfaction in developmental sector’s organizations [(International Non-government Organizations (INGOs), National Non-Government Organizations (NNGOs) and government run development programs (GRDPs)] working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan. A sample size of 401 was collected for full-fledged study after verifying the reliability and validity through pilot study. The statistical analyses were done on 378 usable responses which include descriptive statistics, spearman correlation analysis, ordinal logistic regression analysis, model fitting information. Model conceptualized for study proved significant tendency of association for four dimensions of organizational culture (strategic direction, reward and incentive system, collaboration and coordination and integration) with employee satisfaction. The findings also include significant correlation between organizational culture and employee satisfaction in organizations working for development of FATA and KP. Development sector’s organizations working in KP and FATA can integrate these findings by developing organizational culture in such a way as to increase job satisfaction of their employees, motivating them to remain and build their career within the organization. In this way, the organization can minimize the probability of losing talented individuals and henceforth more likely to work effectively for development of forgotten/deprived areas. Key words: Organizational culture, job satisfaction, International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs), Government Run Development Programs (GRDPs),Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA).