THE IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE TRAITS ON TASK PERFORMANCE THROUGH PERSONALITY TRAITS AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SEMI-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of personality traits (openness to
experience) between organizational culture traits (involvement culture) and task performance
among the employees of semi-governmental organizations in Saudi Arabia. In this regard, an
online questionnaire was distributed to the low and medium level employees of these
organizations; namely Aramco, General Commission of Audio-Visual Media, Saudi
Electricity Company and Saudi Telecom Company. 342 usable responses out of 368 were
examined in the research. The findings of this study showed that personality traits partially
play a mediating role between organizational culture and task performance. The findings
show that openness to experience is not influential antecedents to task performance within the
organizational culture. Furthermore, the findings of the study have important implications for
future practice. It provides policy direction and practical implications to the organizational
culture, managers of organizations, and researchers. Future researchers should focus on
organizational change and quantitative studies to produce a comprehensive understanding of
job performance. Future research should also focus on other mediating or moderating factors
effects on Task performance.