ResearchBib Share Your Research, Maximize Your Social Impacts
Sign for Notice Everyday Sign up >> Login

Organizational culture and job satisfaction among academic professionals at a South African university of technology

Journal: Problems and Perspectives in Management (Vol.15, No. 2)

Publication Date:

Authors : ; ;

Page : 148-161

Keywords : academic professionals; job descriptive index; job satisfaction; organizational culture; organizational culture profile;

Source : Downloadexternal Find it from : Google Scholarexternal

Abstract

The South African higher education sector introduced structural changes, which resulted in the creation of universities of technology, (hereafter referred to as UoTs). There, however, has the not been any known studies that investigated organizational culture and job satisfaction among academic professionals at these new types of institutions in the country. This study's main objective was to determine perceptions of organizational culture and their impact on job satisfaction among academic professionals at a University of Technology in the Free State Province, South Africa. The study's respondents had positive perceptions of the organizational culture with academic professionals showing satisfaction with co-worker relations, supervision support and the work itself, as well as moderate satisfaction with the available advancement opportunities. Academic professionals were, however, dissatisfied with the salaries they were receiving. A significant correlation between overall organizational culture and job satisfaction was found.

Last modified: 2018-03-07 20:40:26