Abstract:
The study examined the relationship between organizational culture and employees‟ job satisfaction among nurses at the Ghana Health Service in the Agona district in the Central Region of Ghana. The descriptive and cross-sectional designs were adopted in the study. A representative sample size of 169 was selected out of 300 total population for the study. Self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data including means, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages. Bivariate correlation analysis was conducted to identify the relationships. The product-moment correlation coefficient (r) was used for the analysis. The results revealed that the nurses had high level of satisfaction about the level of organizational culture dimension and job satisfaction. The study also revealed that the nurses were satisfied with their job. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction. It is recommended that employers, organisations, leaders, Ghana Health Service and government agencies responsible for recruitment and employment should try as much as possible to develop and maintain good organizational culture. Ghana Health Service authorities particularly, health administrators; Hospital Management Teams should encourage nurses and give them some support and organizing of regular staff meetings to share views and concerns, and development programmes to increase job satisfaction and to promote work efficiency.
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