He further maintains
that due to difference in organizational culture, same strategies do not yield same results for
two organizations in the same industry and in the same location. A positive and strong culture
can make an average individual perform and achieve brilliantly whereas a negative and weak culture
may demotivate an outstanding employee to underperform and end up with no achievement.
Therefore organizational culture has an active and direct role in performance management. Murphy
and Cleveland (1995) believe that research on culture will contribute to the understanding
of performance management. Magee (2002) contends that without considering the impact of organizational
culture, organizational practices such as performance management could be counterproductive
because the two are interdependent and change in one will impact the other