Background and Aim: Nowadays, the characteristics of successful organizations are a special attention that these organizations have on their human resources from various dimensions, including their empowerment, on the other hand, the human resource performance in the organization is influenced by organizational culture. Therefore, the study of organizational culture enables managers to identify employees' expectations and improve the gap between the current and the desired status. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explain the relationship between organizational culture components and empowerment of nursing staff in hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was performed on 300 nursing staff in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences hospitals. Sampling was carried out in an accessible manner. The data gathering tool was Watton and Cameron questionnaire and Denison's organizational culture questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS software.
Results: The results of correlation analysis showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between empowerment of nursing staff and all components of organizational culture. Also, there was the highest correlation between participation component and empowerment variable p <0.05.
Conclusion: Findings of the research show that strengthening of organizational culture and its components has a direct relationship with empowerment of nursing staff. Therefore, hospital officials, especially nursing staff, can enhance the level of organizational culture and its components, such as strengthening participatory culture and enhancing organizational adaptation and coordination in order to empower nursing staff.
