THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AMONG THE STAFFS WORKING IN MAHSHAHR PETROCHEMICAL SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between organizational culture and its impact on energy consumption as well as the role of the staffs working in Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in this regard. The main research question addressed the level of energy consumption among the participants under study. Using the elements of organizational culture, strategies employed for optimizing energy efficiency in petrochemical industry was evaluated. The optimization strategies and the impact of organizational culture on optimization were also examined. An analytical -descriptive design with a correlation method was used as by definition, the aim of the researcher in such studies is to provide an objective and detailed description of a situation or of a subject matter. In other words, the researcher only reports real and existing conditions and uses various methods to describe and analyze them. Such research is a case study which can be also considered as an applied research in terms of its objectives or as a descriptive study concerning the method used to conduct it. The population under study included 500 experts and employees or king in Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, of whom a number of 217 participants were included in the sample under study using Morgan Table. The instruments used to collect the data were Robbins’ Organizational Culture Questionnaire with 56 items and the Energy Efficiency Scale with 15 items. The reliability of the instruments was confirmed using the Cronbach's alpha. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS Software (Version 20). Besides, the relationship between variables and the normality of the data distribution were explored using

Organizational Culture, Energy Efficiency, Energy Audits, Staff, Mahshahr