Organizational Culture and Performance of Office Staff in Universities in Rivers State

Abstract

This study investigated organizational culture and performance of office staff in Universities in Rivers State The study adopted the correational research design. The study operationalized organizational culture into dimensions of norms, values and objectives and related each variable to office staff performance.  It used  population of 200 principal officers of Rivers State University 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, while the null hypotheses were tested at .05 significance level using regression model. The findings showed that there is relationship between office staff performance and norms as well as values. The study recommended among others that administrators of educational institutions should ensure that their organizational norms are maintained and made known to all staff since norms are related to office staff performance.