The effect of organizational culture on job satisfaction: A study on academics at state and foundation universities

It has been studied and observed in America by Peters and Waterman, and in Japan by Pascale and Athos. Business culture is also called company culture and corporate culture. Organizational culture aims to communicate and integrate with its environment. Organizational culture is the theories and values shared with employees in the organization. Job satisfaction basically describes the thoughts and feelings about the job. Job satisfaction has become increasingly important nowadays. As a result of technological developments, employees need to be more qualified. It is an important issue in retaining talented employees. This is where job satisfaction comes into play. In this case, the effect of organizational culture on job satisfaction becomes important for the continuity of the business. For this purpose, the relationship between the two concepts was examined and the effect of organizational culture on job satisfaction was tried to be determined. The thesis work consists of three parts. In the first part, the concept of organizational culture, its types and features were examined; Then, organizational culture elements and models are discussed. In the second part, firstly, the concepts related to job satisfaction are discussed; Then, the factors affecting job satisfaction, individual factors, job and organizational factors, theories and techniques related to job satisfaction are included, and then the interaction with other concepts together with its negative results is examined. In the third part, the research on the relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction is given. In the research, it has been revealed that there are significant relationships between organizational culture and job satisfaction. It has been concluded that the obtained findings generally support the common views in the literature.