The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Organizational Commitment of the Election Commission Employees in the Lower Northern Region

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the organizational culture patterns of the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand; 2) examine the level of organizational commitment among employees and staff of the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand; and 3) investigate the relationship between organizational culture patterns and organizational commitment among employees and staff of the 
Office of the Election Commission of Thailand. This study employed a quantitative research design. The population consisted of 177 employees and staff members working in the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand in the Lower Northern Region. 
The research instrument was a questionnaire with acceptable reliability. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
The findings revealed that: 
1) the organizational culture patterns of the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand were overall at a high level; 2) the organizational commitment of employees and staff was overall at a high level; and 3) organizational culture patterns had a low positive relationship with organizational commitment among employees and staff at the .01 level of statistical significance (r = 0.249). This indicates that appropriate organizational culture contributes to enhancing employees’ organizational commitment.