Socialization and Organizational Culture as Correlates of Work Engagement of Government Employees

This paper determined the interrelationship between socialization, organizational culture and work engagement among government employees in Davao del Norte. The researcher employed a descriptive-correlational method, and mean and Pearson-r were used in the data treatment. Adapted survey questionnaires were used to survey 340 respondents who are permanent, casual, and job-order employees in the Local Government Unit of Panabo. The selection of study participants was done through stratified sampling. Statistical findings showed very high levels of socialization, organizational culture and work engagement among study participants. Further, results revealed a significant relationship between organizational culture and work engagement, organizational culture and socialization, and socialization and work engagement.