Organizational culture affects the core competencies of staffs of The Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University

Abstract

          The present research aims to study the organizational culture affecting core competencies of staffs of the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University. It better helps to understand the behavior and behaviors of staffs in the organization, is also one way to increase understanding of the organization and to create organizational development. We measured the core competencies of staffs and studied the organizational culture affecting the core competencies of staffs of the Institute of Molecular Biosciences. Herein, all types of official staffs in the Institute of Molecular Biosciences (82 individuals) were recruited. A questionnaire was used for data collection. Statistical presentations included percentage, mean, standard deviation, stepwise multiple regression, explained the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variables.

          The results showed that: 1) Institute of Molecular Biosciences maintained the constructive organizational culture style, followed by the aggressive-defensive organizational culture style, and the passive-defensive organizational culture style, respectively; 2) the core competency in job responsibility of the staffs of the Institute of Molecular Biosciences was the highest, followed by moral adherence, teamwork, achievement and systematic planning, respectively; and  3) the organizational cultures that had the highest relationship with their core competencies by statistical significance of 0.05 were the constructive organizational culture style, followed by the aggressive-defensive organizational culture style (showing positive relationship with core competencies), whereas the passive-defensive organizational culture style had no relationship with core competencies of staff of the Institute of Molecular Biosciences.