Organizational Culture and Performance of Office staff in universities in Rivers State
Keywords:
Organizational culture, norms, objectives, values, office staff performance, universityAbstract
This study investigated organizational culture and performance of office staff in Universities in Rivers State. This study adopted population of 200 including principal officers of Rivers State Universities and Ignatius Ajuru University of Rumuolumeni Port Harcourt. The sample size of 110 using the stratified sampling technique was adopted. One hundred copies or 90% were duly completed and returned and that was used in the analysis. Research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation statistical tool. The Hypotheses were tested using at .05 significance level. Four research questions were raised and answered using mean and standard deviation and three hypotheses which were tested using the regression. The findings showed that there is relationship among office staff performance and norms as well as values. But differs in objectives. The recommendations reached that Leaders of educational Organizations’ should ensure that their organizational norms are maintained and made known to all staff since norms are related to office staff performance. Leaders of educational institutions should ensure that objectives set for organizational goal attainment are made known to staff from time to time to avoid over familiarity and monotony. Organizational values should be seen topmost in the office staff performance roles. The values of the organizations should reflect on the office staffs.References
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