Relations between Team Work and Innovation in Organizations and the Job Satisfaction of Employees: A Factor Analytic Study

This paper examines the relationship between organizational culture and employee job satisfaction in wire and cable manufacturing companies. The subjects of the study were 339 employees, working in a variety of jobs, for 10 cable and wire companies quoted on the Taiwan stock exchange. The key variab...

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Published inInternational journal of management Vol. 25; no. 4; p. 732
Main Authors Lee, Yuan-Duen, Chang, Huan-Ming
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Poole International Journal of Management 01.12.2008
Subjects
Corporate culture
Correlation analysis
Employees
Employment
High tech industries
Innovations
Investigations
Job satisfaction
Questionnaires
Standard deviation
Stock exchanges
Studies
Teamwork
Variance analysis
Taiwan
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Summary:This paper examines the relationship between organizational culture and employee job satisfaction in wire and cable manufacturing companies. The subjects of the study were 339 employees, working in a variety of jobs, for 10 cable and wire companies quoted on the Taiwan stock exchange. The key variables were assessed by the Wallach (1985) Organizational Culture Index and the Job Satisfaction Survey of Lyons, Laptin & Young (2003) respectively. The two scales were factor analyzed to indicate the main 'aspects' or 'dimensions' that underlie each of the two measures. Significant correlations were found between the two aspects of organizational culture and the two aspects of job satisfaction uncovered by the factor analyses. It is argued that the results suggest that the industry needs an innovative and group-oriented culture which promotes employee job satisfaction. In addition, it is argued from the findings that the job satisfaction of these Chinese employees will be strengthened by their organization gaining external recognition and respect. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0813-0183