Abstract:
This study is an enquiry to find out relationship between organizational culture and
organizational performance of HEIs of Pakistan with mediating role of individual
readiness for change. The bottom line of the research is to determine the significance
of organizational culture and individual readiness for change in academic leaders that
leads to heightened performance of educational institute. Further addition to the study
is comparison of different dimensions of organizational culture with organizational
performance with mediating role of individual readiness for change. A structured
questionnaire was used to collect the data from 307 doctorate degree holding faculty
members working universities/HEIs of Pakistan. Various statistical methods such as
one way ANOVA, Independent Sample T-test, Correlation analysis, Regression
analysis have been applied for data analysis. The findings from this research provide
evidence that individual readiness for change acts as partial mediator between the
relationship of organizational culture and organizational performance. The study's
findings provide clear understanding about the relationship between different
dimensions of organizational culture with organizational performance. Study helps in
providing guidelines to the policy makers and leadership of universities that how
organizational culture and individual readiness for change can help to elevate
organizational performance, increase productivity and enhance quality research output
to secure respectable place in international research arena and raking of HEIs.