RELATIONSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

Authors : Mserhat SEMERCİOĞLU, Derya ÇETİN, Abdülaziz Ali PEKSOY

Pages : 90-95

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Publication Date : 2016-04-03

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Shared   and   learned   values,   norms, believes,  behaviors  and  symbols  which  are known  as  organization  culture;  is  a  holistic element   that   describes   organizational   aims and helps organization members to understand   organizational   objectives   within and  beyond  the  organizational  environment. From this point of view, successful firms have to establish an organization which is powerful and  unique  in  their  organizational  cultures. One     of     the     critical     factors     for     the organizations to be consistent or to expand its existence  to  the  long  term  in  a  competitive environment, is that; for the each individual to adopt     organization     as     an     independent phenomenon  and  to  feel  commitment  to  the identity,    policy    and    the    vision    of    the organization  for  which  they  work.  At  this stage,  it  would  not  be  wrong  to  perceive  the organizational commitment which is the basic determinant  of  the  identity,  the  mission  and the vision of the organization. From this point purpose  of  this  study  of  relationship  between 91organizational    culture    andorganizational commitment  to  determine  the  effects  in  the health  sector.  The  study,  conducted  in  the Aegean  and  Black  Sea  region  has  tried  to work   in   this   sector.   Applied   to   the   field research  and  statistical  analysis  of  the  data obtained  in  tests,  the  levels  of  organizational culture   on   organizational   commitment   has revealed the extent.This survey was applied to 200 poeple randomly   selected   from   the   employers   in Farabi  Hospital  and  Nazilli  State  Hospital. Survey method was utilized as data collection method.  The  main  issue  of  the  research  is constituted  from  the  question  as  “Do  the organizational    culture    and    organizational culture dimensions of Hofstede have an effect on    the    organizational    commitment    and organizational  commitment  factors?”  As  a result  ofthe  research,  It  is  concluded  that  the all  five  dimensions  of  the  culture  affect  the commitment and the organizational commitment  significantly  changes  according to the sex.
Keywords : Organizational culture, Organizational commitment, health institutions