Organisational culture and employee performance in the Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi, Ghana

Abstract

The study sought to examine the influence of organisational culture on employee performance in The Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi, Ghana. The specific objectives of this study were to: assess the organisational culture that existed in The Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi, Ghana; ascertain the level of employee performance in The Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi, Ghana; and finally to examine the effect of organisational culture on employee performance in The Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi, Ghana. The research approach was quantitative, the research design was descriptive-explanatory and the study design was cross-sectional. All teaching and non-teaching staffs of The Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi-Ghana, numbering 82 formed the population of the study. A census was employed to select all 82 teaching and non-teaching staff of The Sanctuary Montessori in Takoradi, Ghana to serve as a sample size for this study. However, the returned and usable response for the study was 75 representing 91.5%. A semi-structured questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection and it was self-administered. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 23 was the software used to analyze the data. Mean, standard deviation, and standard regression tools were employed. Among other findings, this study found a positive significant effect of organizational culture on employee performance. This study concluded that a strong corporate culture propels employees to superior performance and vice versa. The study, therefore, recommended that the management of The Sanctuary Montessori should maintain a strong corporate culture within the organization to propel employees to continuously perform well.