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The Tertiary institution in Nigeria is very germane to entire education system and economic development, it is instrumental in promoting growth, knowledge-building capacity, knowledge dissemination and prepared students for the future career. However, lecturers are experiencing challenges relating to their performance including career advancement, and commitment to their job. This study sought to examine the views of lecturers on the extent to which organizational culture and organizational commitment impact job performance, and whether a relationship exist between organizational culture, organizational commitment and job performance. The theoretical framework that underpinned this study is theory of organizational culture, theory of organizational commitment and theory of job performance. This study utilised quantitative method with random sampling technique. The study employed survey questionnaire which was administered among lecturers who are currently working in randomly selected universities in South-West, Nigeria. A total of 384 valid questionnaires were analysed. The results showed that lecturers perceived high level of performance and highly enjoy organizational culture, while moderate level of organizational commitment among lecturers in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Pearson correlation analysis reveals a significantly positive and strong relationship between the organizational culture, organizational commitment and job performance. However, multiple regression analysis revealed that organizational culture has the highest beta coefficient of .459 compare to organizational commitment with .062 which indicates that organizational culture makes the strongest unique contribution in explaining the job performance. This study recommended that the institution management should be able to clearly defined institutional culture, value, system and structure, enhance competencies to stimulate staffs commitment and always ensure their institution culture is significantly correlated to job performance.
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