The relationship between organizational culture and employees' job satisfaction level at TM Sungai Petani and TM Taiping / Mohamad Ridzuan Yusof, Rijal Safwan Ridzuan and Siti Raudzoh Abdullah

In this study, the researchers examined the relationship between organizational culture and employees' job satisfaction level at TM Sungai Petani and TM Taiping. In addition, the study examined which elements from the Hofstede framework that mostly influence the employees' job satisfaction level. The participants were 70 employees from both TM Sungai Petani and TM Taiping. Furthermore, the respondents were systematically selected from the total population and the data of this study were gathered through the distribution of questionnaire. Result analysis involved mean, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions. All data collected were analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 20.0.The study found that there was a positive and significant relationship between overall organizational culture based on Hofstede framework and overall employees' job satisfaction level. In addition, power distance has the most influence to the employees' job satisfaction level at TM Sungai Petani and TM Taiping. Finally, the employees need to be aware and have knowledge about the importance of organizational culture to increase their productivity in the workplace. The researchers provided recommendation for future research to be implemented using different population, latest instrument and other sectors of business.