The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Organizational Commitment

Dima H Aranki,Rateb J Sweis,Taghrid S Suifan

doi:10.5539/mas.v13n4p137

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment, in Information Technology (IT) companies in Jordan. A convenience sample was selected from employees working in 24 IT companies in Jordan. A total of 711 questionnaires were distributed among them; 371 were returned, and 342 were valid for statistical analysis, resulting in response rate of 52 percent. Linear regression analysis was also used to test the hypothesis. The results of the analysis indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment. Based on the results, the research provides several recommendations. IT companies in Jordan should place emphasis on building better culture, in order to achieve higher levels of organizational commitment. The research also suggests that future research should take job satisfaction as a mediator variable of the relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment.

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1.1 BackgroundCulture has been the focus of the work of many authors and anthropologists for a long time, as they have tried to understand different groups around the world
Pearson coefficient correlation R is .435a and R square value .189, meaning the results indicate that organizational culture explains 18.9 percent of variance in organizational commitment
The main purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment in Information Technology Companies in Jordan

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Introduction

Culture has been the focus of the work of many authors and anthropologists for a long time, as they have tried to understand different groups around the world Recently they have found a link between organizational culture, the behavior of people, and firms’ performances (Warrick, 2017). Organizational culture specifies and indicates the common perceptions of a firm’s employees, and affects their behavior (Ahmady, Nikooravesh, & Mehrpour, 2016). They consider it to be a very important factor for the success of any organization (Levering, 2016).

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