A Study on the Effect of Industry Organizational Culture on Job Attitude of Organizational Employees – Comparison Between the Semiconductor and the Automobile Industries

Abstract

The present study aims to grasp whether there are differences in organizational culture types, in job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and in influences of organizational culture types on job satisfaction and organizational commitment between semiconductor industry and automobile industry. Further, this study intends to propose practical ways to combine the organizational cultures of the both industries with one another by recognizing their differences. First, organizational cultures were recognized in order of rational culture, group culture, development culture and hierarchical culture in semiconductor industry, and in order of rational culture, hierarchical culture, group culture and development culture in automobile industry. Like this, there were differences in the organizational culture types recognized between the both industries. Second, semiconductor industry was high in affective commitment and job satisfaction than automobile industry, but low in normative commitment than automobile industry. Third, job satisfaction was affected by group culture and rational culture in semiconductor industry and by hierarchical culture, group culture and development culture in automobile industry. Affective commitment was affected by group culture and rational culture in semiconductor industry and by development culture and rational culture in automobile industry. Normative commitment was affected by group culture in semiconductor industry and by development culture and rational culture in automobile industry.