Organizational culture and job satisfaction: A case of Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB), Kuching, Sarawak / Florence Anak Sanjan ... [et al.]

This main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction among the employees of Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB). The organizational culture items indicated that for this study consist of five organization culture dimensions which were organizational supportiveness, emphasis of rewards, performance oriented, Innovation and communication. The researcher has used Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 17 to analyze the data. Analysis of data was done using reliability test, descriptive analysis, Pearson's correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The result of the analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between one of the organizational culture dimension, which is communication and job satisfaction. Communication emerged as the most significant factor of the five dimensions that influences job satisfaction in Malaysian Pepper Board (MP B), as communication is the process whereby
people within an organization give and receive instruction, information and messages among each other. Many researchers assert that communication in organization has significant effect. This finding is support by the finding from the past research, where many researchers assert that communication in organization has significant effect on employees' Job satisfaction (Myers and Myers, 1993; Goris et al. 2000; Mc Cormikc, 2008). In the case of MPB, communications is seen as an essential element of the organization that ought to inform employees of industry challenges, what is happening in the workplace and the company's strategic intent that is effect job satisfaction.