Acceptability of Organizational Culture and Practice of Core Values among College Students

This paper studied the acceptability of organizational culture and the practice of core values among students in a higher education institution in Cagayan de Oro City. The study determined which of the core values practiced by students best predicts acceptability of the university’s organizational culture. This descriptive-correlational study used a modified survey questionnaire for gathering data. The questionnaire, which was content validated and pretested to establish its reliability, was administered to randomly selected 340 college students from the different colleges.  As found, the acceptability of the university’s organizational culture and the practice of the university’s core values among the students were at moderate level.  Using regression analysis, the study found that the practice of the core values influenced the acceptability of the university’s organizational culture. Recommendations include enhancing students’ awareness of the core values to improve practice and replicating this study to identify other factors that may have significant bearing on the acceptability of the university’s organizational culture among students.

Keywords: Organizational culture, core values, managing change, achieving goals, coordinated teamwork, student orientation