| Background: Organizational culture has a crucial role in hospitals’ productivity. The success or
failure of strategies and plans in organisational change depend on organizational culture. This study
aimed to examine the organizational culture of Tehran hospitals in 2014.
Material and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was carried out in 18 hospitals (public,
private and semi-public hospitals) that were selected out of 114 hospitals of Tehran using quotarandomized
sampling method. About 696 employees in diagnostic, curative, administrative and logistic
departments participated in the study. Data was collected through a valid and reliable questionnaire and
analyzed using SPSS20. Spearman, U Man- Whitney and Kruskal- Wallis statistical tests were applied.
Results: The mean score of organizational culture was 3.62 out of 6 (moderate). There was a
significant relationship between organizational culture and the type of hospitals (p=0.002). The mean
score of organizational culture was higher in Private and Semi-public ecurity hospitals respectivey.
Attention to details and customer orientation dimensions were high in public and semi-public hospitals
and private hospitals respectively. The most and the least mean score of organizational culture was
related to administrative and support services units.
Conclusion: Organization culture was evaluated in moderate status in hospitals of Tehran city. Thus,
it is recommended that hospital managers improve hospitals 'organizational culture specially in
creativity, innovation, integration and teamwork dimensions using organizational engineering culture
plans. |