Organizational Culture Affecting Organizational Commitment of Sub-District Administrative Organization Personnel in Surin Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of organizational culture of sub-district administrative organization personnel in Surin province; 2) to study the level of organizational commitment of sub-district administrative organization personnel in Surin province; and 3) to study the organizational culture that affects the organizational commitment of sub-district administrative organization personnel in Surin province. The sample group consisted of 265 sub-district administrative organization personnel in Surin province received from a multi-stage sampling. A questionnaire with 0.895 of reliability was used for data collection. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. A multiple regression analysis was applied for a hypothesis testing. The study found that the analysis of the level on opinions of the organizational culture revealed was at the high level ( = 4.26). Considering each aspect ordered from the highest to the least that the organizational culture in terms of attention of detail ( = 4.36), outcome orientation ( = 4.31), team orientation ( = 4.30), stability 4.23), people orientation ( = 4.22), innovation and risk taking ( = 4.21) and aggressiveness ( = 4.20). According to the organizational commitment, the study revealed that the overall organizational commitment level of sub-district administrative organization employees is at a high level ( = 4.04). However, when considering each aspect, the study showed that affective commitment ( = 4.26) is at the highest level followed by continuance commitment ( = 4.02) and normative commitment ( = 3.84), respectively. According to the study about the affecting level of the organizational culture on the organizational commitment, the study found that the organizational culture of the employees of the sub-district administrative organization in Surin province in all 7 aspects affects the organizational commitment of the sub-district administrative employees in a very positive direction which is equal to 0.658 (the standard error of estimate is equal to ±0.443).