The Relationship between Cultural Competence and Organizational Performance (The case study of West Azarbaijan Tax Affairs Administration)
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 12
Abstract
The current study aims to investigate the relationship between cultural competence and organizational performance (the case of West Azarbaijan Tax Administration). The study is applied, descriptive and survey in terms of the goal, the quality of data collection and the quality of implementation. The statistical society comprises of all staff working art West Azarbaijan Tax Administration to be 663 people among whom 278 people were chosen as the sample using Cochran method, the questionnaire made up the body of data collection categorized by 40 items whose validity was acceptable and its reliability was obtained 0.846 using Cronbach alpha coefficient. In order to make statistical analysis, SPSS software was employed. Descriptive as well as inferential statistics were made using the obtained data from the questionnaire. Also, Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test was employed to find out the normal or non-normal state of variables distribution. In addition, Spearman correlation coefficient was used in statistical analysis. The study results indicated that there was a significant relationship between different subscales of cultural competence and organizational performance.
Authors and Affiliations
Akbar Akbarzadeh| Department of Public Administration, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran, Esmail Ghaderi| Department of Public Administration, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran
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