The influence of organizational culture on employee commitment in german companies in Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the influence of organizational culture factors

on employees‘ organizational commitment. The organizational culture that

investigates in this research was consist of six dimensions which are teamwork

orientation; innovative orientation; supportiveness, reward orientation, management style

and customer orientation within five German organizations in Ho Chi Minh City. In this

regard, the components of organizational culture as the independent variable were

derived from Shim's model and the relationship between two kinds of variables was

tested through Pierson correlation testing. The results from the study showed that there

was a significant relationship between four components of organizational culture

(including teamwork orientation; innovative orientation; reward orientation, and

management style) and employee‘s commitment to organizational culture.

This study contributes to a better understanding of the influence of corporate culture

factors on organizational commitment among employees within five German

organizations in Ho Chi Minh City.

Research methods used to test the hypotheses is quantitative methods with questionnaire

survey and sample size n = 360. Scale was assessed by Cronbach alpha analysis and

exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to examine the reliability and validity.

The author also has some suggestions for future study of related topic.

Keywords: organizational culture, organizational commitment, employee‘s

commitment