Instrumentation

Data was collected for this study with the use of standardized questionnaires. Corporate culture was measured using some items adapted from the Denison organizational culture survey. The instrument has four sub scales measuring the four main cultural traits namely, involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission. The reliability coefficients of the sub scales were .877, .889, .874, and .864 respectively. The instrument has been used with success among Nigerian samples.

Organizational commitment was measured using Mowday et al.'s (1979) organizational commitment questionnaire (OCQ). The instrument contains 15 items that measure the employees' level of identification with their organizations on a 7-point Likert type scale anchored from 1-strongly disagree to 7- strongly agree. Results are then summed and divided by 15 to arrive at a summary indicator of employee commitment. The OCQ has wide acceptance in organizational behaviour research and has been used with success among Nigerian samples. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was .849.

Data was also collected on the demographic characteristics of respondents such as sex, education, job level, experience, marital status, and age. This was to enable us assess the influence of demography on the variables studied. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, regression, independent sample T-test, and ANOVA were the tools for data analysis.

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