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 Volume 5, Issue 12 (December 2018), Pages: 59-66

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Organizational culture and performance of Malaysian manufacturing firms

 Author(s): Wee Loong Lee 1, *, Aik Lee Chong 1, Thurasamy Ramayah 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Business and Law, International University of Malaya-Wales, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 2School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.12.008

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 Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of organizational culture on firm performance. Data for the study was collected through a survey of 223 companies registered with the Federation of Malaysian manufacturers. Responses were analyzed using PLS-SEM to assess the relationships between organizational culture and firm performance. The findings that amongst Malaysian manufacturers, organizational culture has a medium effect on firm performance. Helpful insights may be gleaned for organizations, particularly in the Malaysian manufacturing sector, which seek to introduce organizational culture in order to successfully increase competitiveness and responsivity to environmental changes. Organizational culture has been studied in great detail in recent literature. Many new researchers have explored various composition factors of transformational leadership and how this will have an effect on firm performance. However, there is few research in the area of transformational leadership amongst Malaysian manufacturing companies. This research contributes to existing literature through empirical examination of the relationship between organizational culture and firm performance, particularly in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The conclusions of this research strongly suggest that implementing means to encourage and foster organizational culture are likely to result in the achievement of superior firm performance. Our study shows inter-functional cooperation, openness and flexibility and the basic values of success are supported. 

 © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Organizational culture, Firm performance, Manufacturing sector, Company leadership

 Article History: Received 4 July 2018, Received in revised form 27 September 2018, Accepted 30 September 2018

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.12.008

 Citation:

 Lee WL, Chong AL, and Ramayah T (2018). Organizational culture and performance of Malaysian manufacturing firms. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(12): 59-66

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 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/2018/V5I12/Lee.html

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