Organizational Culture, Organizational Commitment and Employee Engagement among Employees of the Ministry of Labor, Gender and Social Development
Abstract
Abstract
The study aimed at examining the relationship between organizational culture, organizational commitment and employee engagement among employees of Ministry of Labour, Gender and Social Development. The study adopted a correlation study design with a population of 190 staff of Ministry of Labour, Gender and Social Development. Convenient sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 119 respondents from the above population. Data was collected from respondents using self-administered standard questionnaire and through entering the filled questionnaires into Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) computer program, data was analyzed. Descriptive statistics showed that majority were female making a percentage of 60.5%, followed by male respondents who made 39.5% of the sample, majority were between the ages of 31-42 years (62.2%). Results from Pearson product correlation Coefficient (r) indicated that there was a no significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment (r=.165, p˃0.01); there was no significant relationship between organizational culture and employee engagement (r=-.027, p˃0.01). On the contrary, organizational commitment and employee engagement were significantly positively related (r=.251, p˂0.01). All relationships were tested at a 0.01 level of significance. Therefore, organizations should build up a supportive culture as well as develop policies that can help to increase commitment such that employee engagement relatively increases.