Organizational culture, action learning and role clarity among employees of soroti local government

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between organizational culture, action learning and role clarity. A sample size of 297 respondents included the employees in the health and education departments of Soroti district local government. Questionnaires were adopted from those used by previous scholars and were modified to suit the local setting. Four objectives were generated; to examine the relationship between organizational culture and role clarity, to analyze the relationship between action learning and role clarity, to examine the relationship between organizational culture and action learning and lastly to assess the moderating effect of action learning on the relationship between organizational culture and role clarity. These objectives were used to guide the study Pearson correlation was used to establish the magnitude of the relationship between variables. The results showed a significant and positive relationship between organizational culture and role clarity (r = .327 < p = .001) and organizational culture and action learning (r = .327 < p = 0.01).The relationship between action learning and role clarity was not significant (r= .025> p = 0.67).Multiple regression was used to test the moderating effect of action learning on the relationship between organizational culture and role clarity. The results indicated that organizational culture had a stronger predictive power (β =.376, p =.01) of role clarity than action learning (β =.149, p = .011).To establish whether the moderation effect was full or partial, a MO graph was computed. These above results will help local governments on gaining a better understanding of role clarity and identifying a culture which promotes an environment where employees feel free to learn and experiment with new ideas. Therefore, the HR management systems of local government should reward a culture that encourages information seeking and sharing if role clarity is to be realized.