Relationship between Cultural Diversity and Organizational Culture with its impact on Organizational Effectiveness and Job Satisfaction

Introduction to the Project

Variety of factors affect Job Satisfaction and performance of employees towards overall Organizational Effectiveness
Limiting our study to how Organizational Culture and Cultural Diversity influence Job Satisfaction, which in turn affects Organizational Effectiveness

Literature Surveyed and Findings from the literature

Amanda (1993) stated Organizational culture is looked upon as both the source of problems and the basis for solutions if things go wrong Peter Lok (2003) investigated investigate the effects of organizational culture and leadership style on job satisfaction and commitment Sabri, Ilyas, Amjad (2011) concluded that effects of organizational culture is positive and significant on job satisfaction of teachers of higher education institutes and universities of Lahore Parul Bhati (2012) established positive relationship between Organizational Culture and performance as well as productivity

Gap Areas Identified

Amanda (1993): Her study included ethics as an additional parameter to study impact of organizational culture Peter Lok (2003): Managers were working in MNCs or in family owned businesses? Sabri, Ilyas, Amjad (2011): Conducted the study aimed at teachers of the University of Lahore Parul Bhati (2012): Limited sample space to selected private companies in Saurashtra Region

Research Objectives
The primary objective of this study is to assess the impact of corporate culture on Organizational Effectiveness
To ascertain if cultural diversity affects employee job performance To determine empirically the relationship between organizational culture and employee job performance Assessment of relationship between job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness

Research Problems
This research study is poised towards providing answers to the following questions:Does organization culture have any effect on employee job performance? In what way does organization culture impacts employee effectiveness? How does cultural diversity influence job satisfaction

Hypotheses
The three hypotheses for study:
H0: Organizational Culture has a significant positive influence on Job Satisfaction H1: Cultural Diversity has a significant positive influence on Job Satisfaction H2: Job Satisfaction has a significant positive influence on Organizational Effectiveness

Survey Instrument
Organizational Culture
A 5 item instrument Likert Scale

Cultural Diversity
A 5 item instrument - Likert Scale

Job Satisfaction
A 5 item instrument - Likert Scale

Organizational Effectiveness
A 5 item instrument - Likert Scale

Sample Details
Sample space will comprise majorly MDI students Survey respondents will include employees of Maruti Suzuki Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon and Hero Motocorp Ltd. Gurgaon Responses from peers, friends and associates who are working in organizations pan-India will be analyzed

Data Collection Plan

Research papers related to Cultural Diversity and Organizational Effectiveness were found and studied
The survey instrument was floated in MDI and other organizations to collect primary data

Data Analysis Plan

The Statistical Package for Social Science version 20.0 (SPSS 20.0) and the Analysis of Moments Structure (AMOS 4.0) will be used to analyze the data

The reliability of the questionnaire will be checked

Goodness-of-fit index (GFI), the comparative fit index (CFI), and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) will be used to check the fit