Organizational culture, absenteeism and employee performance of Equity Bank Katwe Branch Kampala

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between organisational culture and performance of employees in Equity Bank Katwe branch The study was guided by three objectives as follows; to determine the level of organisational Culture in Equity Bank ; to determine the level Absentism in Equity Bank Katwe and finally to determine if there is a significant relationship between the level organizational culture and performance of employees of Equity Bank in Kampala Uganda .The study applied a descriptive and correlational research design to obtain the required information and pertaining data where the target population of the study was 35 from which 30 respondents were selected to receive the pertaining information. The study revealed that there is a strong relationship between organizational culture and employees’ performance in katwe It was revealed that the adoption of culture of the organisation is helpful for the employees to pursue their work efficiently and effectively provided there is a strong positive support from leadership, communication, decision making and employee and employers loyalty. In regard to the findings, the researcher recommended that performance systems in schools should be established to reward teacher’s behaviors that are consistent with the organization’s culture, collective decision making on matters pertaining school improvement should be focused on to allow employees ideas and opinions be heard and also respect and finally, private secondary schools should train both staff and managers to learn how to communicate effectively and prevents issues of Absentiseem.