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Empirical Examination of Relationship between Organizational Culture and Employee Competence:An Insight


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1 Faculty of Management Studies, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar − 249404, Uttarakhand, India
2 Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Bhat Village − 382428, Gandhinagar District, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
 

In order to enhance and improvise the individual competence it is necessary to understand the organizational culture of educational institutions besides giving growth opportunities to employees. Culture becomes an essential aspect for an individual as it’s an ever changing process and there is no fix culture in any organization. The primary objective of this research is to study and analyze the influence of organizational culture on individual competence in Indian settings. A survey was conducted on 200 faculty members through a self-established instrument whose validity was tested using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis for scale purification in the selected educational institutions established in remote locations of a hilly state in India that have not been explored for such studies so, it is an exploratory study. The study reveals that there is a significant impact of organizational culture on individual competence in educational institutions.


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Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Educational Institutions, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Individual Competence, Organizational Culture.
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Authors

Mihir Joshi
Faculty of Management Studies, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar − 249404, Uttarakhand, India
Vinod Kumar Singh
Faculty of Management Studies, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar − 249404, Uttarakhand, India
Naman Sharma
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Bhat Village − 382428, Gandhinagar District, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Abstract


In order to enhance and improvise the individual competence it is necessary to understand the organizational culture of educational institutions besides giving growth opportunities to employees. Culture becomes an essential aspect for an individual as it’s an ever changing process and there is no fix culture in any organization. The primary objective of this research is to study and analyze the influence of organizational culture on individual competence in Indian settings. A survey was conducted on 200 faculty members through a self-established instrument whose validity was tested using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis for scale purification in the selected educational institutions established in remote locations of a hilly state in India that have not been explored for such studies so, it is an exploratory study. The study reveals that there is a significant impact of organizational culture on individual competence in educational institutions.


Keywords


Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Educational Institutions, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Individual Competence, Organizational Culture.

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