Is There a Positive Correlation between the Organizational Culture, Focused on Creating a Pleasant Working Environment and Organizational Performance?

This paper is a continuation of a previous work, where we analyzed the extent to which Romanian companies practice an organizational culture, focused on creating a pleasant working environment. Thus, continuing the dissemination of the research results conducted during the Doctoral School, within this paper, we will check if there is a positive correlation between the organizational culture focused on creating a pleasant working environment and organizational performance. Before confirming or rejecting this hypothesis, we will assess, as in the previous work, the organizational performance by processing the data gathered within the quantitative investigations conducted based on the questionnaire addressed to the employees from all hierarchical levels, in Romanian companies, mainly from the South-East of the country. The questionnaire’s statements aim at the assessment of the extent to which local organizations comply with the characteristics of the knowledge-based economy and organization.