Correlation between the Organizational Culture and Organizational Effectiveness (Case Study: GolestanProvince Industry, Mine and Trade Organization)

The main of the current research is surveying the correlation between the organizational culture and organizational effectiveness in Golestan province industry, mine and trade organization. Based on the type of aim this research is an applied research and based on the data collection method it is a descriptive-correlative research which has been conducted in 2012. Research methodology is field method and questionnaire is the tool for gathering the information. In this research Cameron and Quinn’s questionnaire (2006) is used for evaluating the organizational culture and Epstein’s questionnaire (1992) is used for evaluating the organizational effectiveness. The population includes 238 individuals and the sample size includes 143 individuals. SPSS18 software and Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Chi-square, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and regression analysis tests are used for data analysis. This research includes one main hypothesis and six sub-hypotheses. The results of testing the main hypothesis showed that a positive and significant correlation exists between the organizational culture and the organizational effectiveness in Golestan province industry, mine and trade organization. Results of testing the sub-hypotheses also showed that a positive significant correlation exists between the components of organizational culture (Dominant features, organizational leadership, and Staff management, consistency of the organization, strategic emphases and measures of success) and organizational effectiveness. Also the results of regression estimation showed that organizational culture could explain 34% of the changes of the organizational effectiveness in the studied society. At the end a few applicable and research proposals are provided.