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Numerous of studies have indicated significant relationship between organizational culture with job satisfaction. This study is specifically examined the relationship between two dimensions of organizational culture which comprises of “learning culture” and “high performance and productivity culture” with job satisfaction. The respondents of study consisted of 60 employees from a public organization in the district of Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia. The selection of sample was done through a simple random sampling, and a cross-sectional survey questionnaire was used as a mean of data collection. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 11. Pearson Product-Moment correlation and the Stepwise regression analysis were used to analyse the relationship between variables under the study. The results of the Pearson Product-Moment correlation indicated that there were significant and positive relationships between both dimensions of organizational culture with the job satisfaction. The strongest relationship was between the “learning culture” and job satisfaction. The findings indicated that the “learning culture” and “high performance and productivity culture” help to generate and promote high level of employees’ job satisfaction. This study provided compelling evidences on the importance of organization’s continuing efforts to understand the relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction.
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Muda, A.L., Fook, C.Y., Noordin, N.M. (2016). The Relationship Between Learning Culture and High Performance and Productivity Culture with Job Satisfaction: A Study Among Employees in One Public Organization in Sarawak, Malaysia. In: Fook, C., Sidhu, G., Narasuman, S., Fong, L., Abdul Rahman, S. (eds) 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT 2014) Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-664-5_2
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