The Relationship between Organisational Culture and Job Satisfaction: An International Perspective

This study examines the relationship between organisational culture and employee satisfaction in international subsidiaries. Mixed research is utilised through combining qualitative and quantitative techniques. The aim is to investigate the type of organisational culture that leads to higher employee job satisfaction levels and to shed more light on the variables (external, organisational and individual employee variables) that affect this relationship. The Competing Value Framework is used to classify the organisational culture types and the 9-facet job satisfaction survey is utilized to measure the level of employee satisfaction. The study confirms that certain types of organisational culture lead to higher job satisfaction levels than others. Within this framework, it examines the effect of national culture, demographic characteristics and employee's preferred culture on the significance and strength of the relationship. It also identifies the cause(s) of these different relationships and comes up with practical implications for managers and strategy makers.