Relationship between Cultural Diversity and Organizational Culture with its impact on

Organizational Effectiveness and Job Satisfaction

Introduction to the Project

Variety of factors affect Job Satisfaction and performance of employees towards overall Organizational Effectiveness

Limiting our study to how Organizational Culture and Cultural Diversity influence Job Satisfaction, which in turn affects Organizational Effectiveness

Literature Surveyed and Findings from the literature

Amanda (1993) stated Organizational culture is looked upon as both the source of problems and the basis for solutions if things go wrong

Peter Lok (2003) investigated investigate the effects of organizational culture and leadership style on job satisfaction and commitment

Sabri, Ilyas, Amjad (2011) concluded that effects of organizational culture is positive and significant on job satisfaction of teachers of higher education institutes and universities of Lahore

Parul Bhati (2012) established positive relationship between Organizational Culture and performance as well as productivity

Gap Areas IdentifiedAmanda (1993): Her study included ethics as an

additional parameter to study impact of organizational culture

Peter Lok (2003): Managers were working in MNCs or in family owned businesses?

Sabri, Ilyas, Amjad (2011): Conducted the study aimed at teachers of the University of Lahore

Parul Bhati (2012): Limited sample space to selected private companies in Saurashtra Region

Research ObjectivesThe primary objective of this study is to assess

the impact of corporate culture on Organizational EffectivenessTo ascertain if cultural diversity affects employee

job performanceTo determine empirically the relationship between

organizational culture and employee job performance

Assessment of relationship between job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness

Research ProblemsThis research study is poised towards

providing answers to the following questions:-Does organization culture have any effect on

employee job performance?In what way does organization culture impacts

employee effectiveness?How does cultural diversity influence job

satisfaction

Hypotheses

The three hypotheses for study: H0: Organizational Culture has a significant

positive influence on Job Satisfaction

H1: Cultural Diversity has a significant positive influence on Job Satisfaction

H2: Job Satisfaction has a significant positive influence on Organizational Effectiveness

Survey Instrument Organizational Culture

A 5 item instrument – Likert Scale Cultural Diversity

A 5 item instrument - Likert Scale Job Satisfaction

A 5 item instrument - Likert Scale Organizational Effectiveness

A 5 item instrument - Likert Scale

Sample DetailsSample space will comprise majorly MDI

studentsSurvey respondents will include employees of

Maruti Suzuki Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon and Hero Motocorp Ltd. Gurgaon

Responses from peers, friends and associates who are working in organizations pan-India will be analyzed

Data Collection Plan

Research papers related to Cultural Diversity and Organizational Effectiveness were found and studied

The survey instrument was floated in MDI and other organizations to collect primary data

Data Analysis Plan The Statistical Package for Social Science version 20.0

(SPSS 20.0) and the Analysis of Moments Structure (AMOS 4.0) will be used to analyze the data

The reliability of the questionnaire will be checked

Goodness-of-fit index (GFI), the comparative fit index (CFI), and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) will be used to check the fit