A research on the relation of organizational culture and institutionalization according to employees 'perceptions

In this study, the existing cultural variables (age, gender, staff, educational status and duration of work in the institution) were examined according to the perceptions of the employees of a developing university. The survey technique was used to measure the perceptions of the academic and administrative staff working at the university towards the existing culture, to determine the relationship between organizational culture and institutionalization and to reveal their differences. The center of the study was university staff. Surveys applied to academic and administrative staff collected data from 202 people. SPSS 23 package program was used to analyze and evaluate the obtained data. The validity and reliability analyzes of the scales were made, and the frequency, arithmetic mean and percentage distributions of the scores obtained from the scales were revealed. The data set was evaluated by factor analysis, Correlation analysis, T-test and content analysis. In line with the results, suggestions were made to university employees in this direction. The main purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between institutionalization and the formation of organizational culture as well as addressing the issue of organizational culture with its various aspects and characteristics according to the perceptions of a university staff. One of the conditions of being a successful educational organization is the organizational culture element. The university should accept itself in the society it exists, be intertwined with the society, and represent the community it is in on national platforms. Together with its employees, the university will create a unique organizational culture and will proceed on the way of institutionalization. Based on this point, according to the perceptions of the employees, the current organizational culture situation was determined and suggestions for institutionalization were made.