(Predicting Organizational Commitment Perceptions of University Administrative Staff from Their Organizational Culture Perceptions)

Abstract

Purpose – The study aims to investigate the organizational culture and organizational commitment perceptions of the university administrative staff and the relationships between their organizational culture and organizational commitment perceptions. In the study, firstly organizational culture and organizational commitment perceptions of the participants were described and some analysis were made to test whether these perceptions differ statistically depending on gender, education level and experience of the participants. Furthermore, the relationships between the perceptions of organizational culture and organizational commitment were examined. Design/methodology/approach – Information about the universe, sample, data collection tools and data analysis process of the research carried out in the relational screening model are given below. The data to be used in the study were collected between October and November 2019. Findings – Study results also indicated that organizational culture perceptions of the participants did not differ statistically according to the gender variable. However, organizational commitment perceptions of the participants differed statistically in terms of emotional commitment. It was observed that the participants' perceptions of organizational culture differed in the dimensions of power culture, achievement culture and support culture, while organizational commitment perceptions of the participants differed in terms of emotional commitment depending on their educational level. Finally, the total variances explained by four organizational culture dimensions were ordered as 34% for normative commitment, 20% for emotional commitment, and 8% for continuance commitment.