Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to examine the the effect of organisational
culture on employee job performance at the Twifo Praso Government Hospital
in the Central region of Ghana. To achieve the purpose, the study was guided
by three research hypotheses and one research questions. The study employed
quantitative research approach with an exploratory research design.
Questionnaire was used to collect data from 150 out of 230 employees of
Twifo Praso Government Hospital in the Central region of Ghana. Simple
random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Data processing
was done using SPSS version 21, and the analytical tools used was regression
analysis. Analyses of the data revealed, inter alia, the following (a) Cultural
trait of organisation mission has significant positive effect on employee job
performance; (b) Cultural trait of employee involvement has significant
positive effect on employee job performance; (c) Consistency as an element of
organizational culture has significant positive effect on employee job
performance; and (d) Cultural trait of mission has the most influence on
employee job performance whilst involvement had the least influence. Based
on the findings, it is recommended that; firstly, institutions in the Ghanaian
health sector should establish well-defined mission and vision statements and
share them with employees, and other stakeholders. Also, the health
institutions in Ghana should invest in training and development of their
employees to improve their human capability at all levels. Finally,
management should focus more on the adherence to the organisation‟s mission
by making sure that those in leadership positions are conversant with the
organization„s mission so as to be able to pass it down to their subordinates.
