Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between
the university’s organisational culture and lecturers’ commitment to the
university. A correlational research was carried out using randomly selected
academic staff of the University of Cape Coast. The study involved 237
respondents who responded to a self- administered questionnaire. The Cronbach’s
alpha was used to test for the reliability of the instrument. The reliability
coefficient was 0.80. The statistical tools used in the data analysis were;
descriptive statistics such as mean, median, standard deviation. Inferential
statistics such as correlation, independent sample t-test, Point-Biserial
Correlation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression were
also used.
The best predictor of lecturers’ commitment to the university was support
subculture. It was recommended that the university management should do more
to ensure that support subculture is sustained, so as to elicit the utmost
commitment of the lecturers. The conclusion is that organisational culture has a
significant effect on the organisational commitment of lecturers in the university.
