The Effect Of Organizational Culture On Organizational Efficiency: The Moderating Role Of Organizational Environment and CEO Values

AbstractIn today's increasing competitive conditions, reaching desired organizational efficiency level attracts both academician's and practitioners’ interest much more. The factors influencing organizational efficiency are examined with highly increasing importance. Considering organizational culture as one of the factors, the effect of the types of organizational culture on organizational efficiency is questioned. The determining effect of organizational environment getting complex on the strategy that enable achieving organizational level can play a significant role on the relationship between organizational culture and organizational efficiency. The individual effect of the organizational leaders on the efficiency strategies is viewed in terms of their values. In this study, relationship between organizational culture and organizational efficiency and the effect of stability or variability of internal and external environment on this relation are investigated. Besides, the values of self-direction, stimulation, power that leaders have are researched. 40 top managers/organizational founders are selected for sampling in health sector. Questionnaire method is utilized for gathering data. The findings show that organizational culture types are related to some organizational efficiency dimensions. The stability or variability of internal and external organizational environment and the top manager's values (self-direction and stimulation) play a moderator role on this relationship