Abstract:
Investigates the relationships between employees' perceptions of organisational
culture and subculture, and job satisfaction and commitment. Questionnaires containing the
above measures were distributed to nurses employed in seven large hospitals and a total of 251
responses were obtained. Measures of leadership style and employee demographics were also
included in the questionnaire. Regression analysis was used to investigate the extent to which
nurses' job satisfaction and commitment to their wards are predicted by their perceptions of the
hospitals' cultures (or organisational culture), the cultures of their wards (or organisation
subculture), the leadership styles of their ward managers, and several demographic characteristics
including age, experience, education and job tenure. It was found that ward culture was more
predictive of commitment than was hospital culture. Also, statistically controlling for job
satisfaction did not substantially reduce the influence on commitment of any of the independent
variables included in this study. The results suggest that managers may need to focus more on
organizational subcultures in generating greater commitment among employees.
