Organisational Culture, Job Satisfaction and Commitment of Lagos-based Construction Workers

Abstract

Little seems to be known by managers in the Nigerian construction industry that organisational culture fosters job satisfaction and employee commitment which in turn impact on performance. The starting point to demonstrate that organisational culture promotes job satisfaction and employee commitment is to examine if there is a relationship among the three constructs which is the purpose of this paper. A structured questionnaire based on Cameron and Quinn Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) for assessing culture and Meyer and Allen Organisational Commitment Instrument (OCI) for assessing employee commitment were used. The organisational culture and the employee commitment were measured on a five point Likert type scale. Percentile, mean score and Spearman rank correlation methods were employed to analyse the data collected. The results show that there is a significant correlation between organisational culture and job satisfaction and commitment of construction workers. Both job satisfaction and employee commitment equally show significant relationship. The relationships have implications for important organisational outcomes in Nigerian Construction Companies (NCC) in terms of job satisfaction and employee commitment and the ultimate performance of the Construction Companies.