Abstract
This paper investigated the relationship between organizational culture and soft skills. Data were collected among selected faculty members in the three different state universities. Using convenient sampling, the study included 324 respondents, one in each state university from the main island of the Philippines (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao). This study used a descriptive-correlational design which utilized a self-constructed questionnaire with a Cronbach Alpha of 0.907 internal consistency, having formatted on a 4-point scale. The result showed that the organizational culture of faculty members is strong with a mean of 3.5 (SD=.48), and the soft skills of faculty members are good with a mean of 3.23 (SD=.44). Moreover, there is a significant relationship between organizational culture and soft skills, specifically, the clan culture negatively related to soft skills with a coefficient value of -.070 with a contribution of .09% in the variance. This implies that clan culture has a possible adverse relationship with soft skills. Based on the path model organizational culture has a direct effect on soft skills.
Highlights
For the past number of decades, most academics and practitioners studying organizations suggest the concept of culture is the climate and practices that organizations develop around their handling of people, or to the promoted values and statement of beliefs of an organization (Schein, 2004)
This study was descriptive-correlational and structural equation modeling (SEM) using Smart PLS was used to estimate parameters of the structure model to specify the relationships between organizational culture and soft skills Mainly, it sought to determine the connection between the cultures of an organization to the soft skills of selected faculty members of at least three different state universities in the Philippines
Based on the grand mean of 3.23 (SD= 0.44), the results revealed that the grand scale response is to agree and it is interpreted that faculty members of state universities are good in soft skills
Summary
This calls for thorough designing and planning at different structures of the education process. Teacher education centers deserve to be at the forefront in meeting the demand and expectations of many people concerning the improvement of human capital. All procedures of teaching and learning at higher levels of education should have the ability to transform the learners. The intended goals and experiences in higher-level training should consider the provision of soft skills, apart from hard skills. The fusion of soft skills and learning experiences is essential for the success of the teaching profession (Pachuri Yadav, 2014)
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