The Inter correlation Between Organization Culture and Employee Effectiveness in Sri Lankan Public Sector Organizations
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2018
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
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Organizational culture has been understood by diverse researchers to be crucial in relation to organizational effectiveness. The organization cultures of public organizations are having over two hundred years of experience have well organizing and functioning smoothly in the present scenario. On the other hand criticisms have been made against the effectiveness of the public sector. Therefore, present study attempts to study the inter correlation between organization culture and employee effectiveness in Sri Lankan public sector organizations. The study was conducted in during the period of July to December 2013 in association with Sri Lankan public sector organizations covering three provinces (Western, Southern an North Central). The sample of the study was composed of 661 employees belonged to three employee categories such as (managerial, clerical and below clerical), and working in three organization categories (national, provincial and district level). The mix method was used to the study and questionnaire method engaged with gathering quantitative and quantitative data analysis process and which occurred by the use of computer based SPSS package (version 20). Information was gathered through focus group discussion, case study and interview which were in associate with qualitative analysis. The results clearly indicate that 84% of the employees were trust and support their fellow workers, 68% and 73% of employees were disagree with fellow workers and informal group respectively to achieve the organization goals, 92% of the employees were believe that the external viewers keep up their mind positively with the organization, 94% of employees motivate with the organization environment and 90% of employees were agree with informal group information and knowledge sharing. Findings of the study shows that fellow workers trust and support, information and knowledge sharing, positive attitudes of external party about organization, and organization environment to the work have been positive influences on the public sector organizations and their employee's effectiveness. Although the main findings of the study were fellow workers collaboration about the achieving the organization goals, and informal relationships in public sector organizations were exceedingly negative for work, and as a result it may goes to lower effectiveness. In summary concluded that the organizational culture was negatively influence over organization goals in irrespective of to what category (organization) job) they belonging.
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Management, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management