Impact of Organizational Culture on Performance Management Practices in Pakistan

Purpose of the study: Performance management is a process of delivering sustained success to organizations by improving capabilities of individuals and teams. Organizational culture as a significant contextual factor in performance management is scarcely studied. The aim of this study is to expand the base of knowledge and empirically test the relationship between components of organizational culture and performance management practices. Research Methodology: The study adopted exploratory research to explore the impact. Primary data was collected through questionnaires from 60 employees in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. The sample consists of both male and female faculty members. Regression and Correlation analysis was used for statistical analysis. Findings: Statistical results show that involvement is highly correlated with consistency and adaptability. Similarly, other dimensions of organizational culture have significantly positive relationship with the performance management practices. Implications: This research selected sample from few cities of Pakistan. Future studies could select other cities and compare results with city of selected sample. This research used random sampling procedure, which is the main limitation of this study. Future studies could use stratified random sampling procedure with more sample size. Practical implications: It is hoped that the findings of this study will assist the human resource managers, practitioners and strategy makers to better understand organizational performance practices. Value Added: The added value of this paper is to link theory and practice, and explore the organizational culture dimension impact on performance management practices. Few studies have conducted over the years under this perspective in the Pakistan.