Organizational culture and labor satisfaction as predictors of job performance in librarians

The objective of this article was to determine if organizational culture and labor satisfaction are predictors of job performance in librarians in Mérida city, Yucatán, México. 193 librarians participated coming from different university and specialized libraries located in Mérida, Yucatán. Of which 74 (38.30%) were men and 114 (59.10%) women. The Denison Organizational Culture Survey (Bonavia, Prado y Barberá, 2009), the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (Weiss et al., 1967) and the Escala de Desempeño Laboral para Bibliotecarios proposed in this article, were administered. The data were processed by multiple regression analysis (step by step) for the overall sample and by sex. The results showed that the factors of organizational culture and job satisfaction that predict performance are: Responsibility / quality, Service attitude, Communication, Teamwork and environmental protection.