The influence of high performance work system, organizational culture on employee performance, a study in The Ministry of Education in Oman

The influence of high performance work system, organizational culture on employee performance, a study in The Ministry of Education in Oman

The need to enhance the performance of employees in the ministry of education in Oman has made the researcher to conduct this study. Specifically, the study focuses on the influence of high performance work system (HPWS) and organizational culture on the performance of employees in the ministry of e...

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The influence of high performance work system, organizational culture on employee performance, a study in The Ministry of Education in Oman
description The need to enhance the performance of employees in the ministry of education in Oman has made the researcher to conduct this study. Specifically, the study focuses on the influence of high performance work system (HPWS) and organizational culture on the performance of employees in the ministry of education in Oman. A cross sectional study of questionnaire survey research design was conducted in this respect. Questionnaire data was generated from 162 employees and the questionnaire were distributed by hand. The findings from the testing of the hypotheses demonstrated that HPWS have significant positive relationship with employees performance except for the performance management system (PMS) which shows a negative relationship with employees performance. The culture of the organizational was also found to have a positive effect on the performance of employees in the ministry. On this note, the study recommends for the urgent need by the ministry to give serious consideration to the performance management system if they want to achieve better performance. In conclusion the present study presented the theoretical and practical implication in addition to the limitations of the study and suggestions for future study are included in this regard
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spelling my-uum-etd.46982022-04-09T23:24:12Z The influence of high performance work system, organizational culture on employee performance, a study in The Ministry of Education in Oman 2014 Al Rawas, Nadaa Mansoor Amer Al Rawas Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment The need to enhance the performance of employees in the ministry of education in Oman has made the researcher to conduct this study. Specifically, the study focuses on the influence of high performance work system (HPWS) and organizational culture on the performance of employees in the ministry of education in Oman. A cross sectional study of questionnaire survey research design was conducted in this respect. Questionnaire data was generated from 162 employees and the questionnaire were distributed by hand. The findings from the testing of the hypotheses demonstrated that HPWS have significant positive relationship with employees performance except for the performance management system (PMS) which shows a negative relationship with employees performance. The culture of the organizational was also found to have a positive effect on the performance of employees in the ministry. On this note, the study recommends for the urgent need by the ministry to give serious consideration to the performance management system if they want to achieve better performance. In conclusion the present study presented the theoretical and practical implication in addition to the limitations of the study and suggestions for future study are included in this regard 2014 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/4698/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/4698/1/s813773.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/4698/2/s813773_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abu-Jarad, I.S., Yusof, N.A,& Nikbin, D.(2010). A Review Paper on Organizational Culture and Organizational Performance. International Journal of Busines and Social Science, 1(3), 26-46. Acar, A. Z., & Acar, P. (2012). The effects of organizational culture and innovativeness on business performance in healthcare industry. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 58, 683-692. Adolphine, M. V. S. (2008). A case study: How school empowerment impacts organization for instruction. PhD thesis. Capella University, USA. Aguinis, H., & Kraiger, K. (2009). 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