The purpose of this thesis is to examine the effects of individual characteristics and perceived organizational climate on performance in view of comparative study among Korea, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Three individual characteristics(self-efficacy, locus of control, and work values) and five dimensions of perceived organizational climate(autonomy, innovation, trust, cohesiveness, and pressure) are constructed through literature reviews. A field syudy was undertaken in five factories to examine the hypothesized relationships among the variables.
Both individual characteristics and perceived organizational climate determine the individual performance(internal motivation, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and perceived performance), and especially the patterns of individual characteristics and perceived organizational climate are also closely related to the individual performance.
The thesis provides implications for global manager such as what type of individual characteristics should be focused on when selecting employees in different cultures and what kind of organizational climate should be created to increase individual performance.
