An Association between the Perceived Organizational Culture and Job Satisfaction among Public Health Officials

J Health Info Stat > Volume 38(1); 2013 > Article

J Health Info Stat 2013;38(1):81-93.

1개 기관 보건직 공무원의 조직문화인식이 직무만족도에 미치는 영향

최우창 , 강성욱 , 정성화

An Association between the Perceived Organizational Culture and Job Satisfaction among Public Health Officials

Woo Chang Choi , Sung Wook Kang , Seong Hwa Jeong

ABSTRACT

Objectives:
The aims of this study were to examine the perceived organizational culture and job satisfaction and to determine the factors associated with job satisfaction among a public health officials.
Methods:
A total of 321 subjects (160 men and 161 women) conveniently selected from 1,460 public officials working at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). The survey was conducted by selfadministered questionnaire which consisted of perceived organizational culture, job satisfaction, and socio- demographic and job-related characteristics. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine an association between perceived organizational culture and job satisfaction using SPSS 18.0.
Results:
The 40.8% of respondents perceived that the organizational culture of MFDS was a clan type, whereas only 6.2% perceived it was an adhocracy type. The mean of job satisfaction was 3.46. Moreover, those who felt the culture was adhocracy recorded the highest levels of job satisfaction. The workers who perceived their organizational culture was market or hierarchy were more discontent than those who perceived theirs was clan after adjusting for socio-demographic and job-related characteristics.
Conclusions:
It is desirable to transform the organizational culture at MFDS into one of clan or adhocracy type.

Key words: Perceived organizational culture, Job satisfaction, Public health officials, MFDS