Perceived Influence of Organizational Culture and Management Style on Employees Performance in Nigerian Banking Sectors

Abstract

The concept of organizational culture has gained wide acceptance in understanding the management of change in human relation practices. The review of numerous literatures proved that management of human resource in organization has become indispensable in attaining the mission and vision statement. In the light of the complexity of organizational culture and how it impacts on employees’ performance, the study examined the fears and style of management in integrating employees to the values, norms and beliefs of organizations s in organization on the performance of their employees. The survey descriptive research design was adopted for the study and empirical data for the study were collected through a well-structured questionnaire, which was prepared and distributed among the staff and management in Abeokuta Metropolis, Ogun State, South-West Nigeria. 97 questionnaires were duly filled and returned. Stratified and simple random sampling methods were adopted in selecting the participants for this study. The inferential statistics was adopted through SSPS. The findings revealed that it is evident that strong relationship exists between organizational culture and employee performance, suggesting organization material such as equipment handling; social behavior and symbolic elements have positive and large influences the performance of employees. It was also evident that there was a significant relationship between employees’ attitudinal behaviors and management style; while relative relationship exists between learning new culture and cooperation among employees.   An organization with a culture that encourages employee participation, commitment, team work, which is characterized by team work and harmony, and which give room for employee self-development and improvement will attract highly attract, retain and motivate highly skillful individuals. No doubt, this will result in a high performing organization evident in its profitability and turnover rate. Consequently the challenge of incompatibility in values, beliefs and norms that could arise between employee and the organization will be avoided.

Keywords: Innovation, Learning, Values, Mentality, Promotion, Communication Style, Customers Esteem