it is tried, in this article to introduce the field of cultural anthropology, which is a decipline of social science and its contribution behavioral science, through: comparative studies of values and behaviors, mutual interactions of cultures in organizations, organizational culture and environment, and its application in managing organizational behavior. the difficulties of determination and ...

The Competing Values Framework (CVF) is one of the most influential and extensively used models in the area of organizational culture research. Compared with other models and scales, the CVF and its matched scale OCAI have better validity and reliability in the context of China, and are very convenient for practical operations. This article firstly introduces the development of the CVF, and dis...

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which the organizational culture of physician group practices is associated with individual physician satisfaction with the managerial and organizational capabilities of the groups. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Physician surveys from 1997 to 1998 assessing the culture of their medical groups and their satisfaction with six aspects of group practice. Orga...

culture is one of the basic concepts of organizational behavior in macro level which has been borrowed from anthropology and organizational sociology. this concept is the result of interpretative paradigm in organization and management studies and is one of the morgan’s organization metaphors. the purpose of this research is to identify the challenges of organizational culture in governmental s...

BACKGROUND Team effectiveness is often explained on the basis of input-process-output (IPO) models. According to these models a relationship between organizational culture (input = I), interprofessional teamwork (process = P) and job satisfaction (output = O) is postulated. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between these three aspects using structural analysis. METHODS A m...

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, MACRO AND MICRO EMPOWERMENT DIMENSIONS, AND JOB SATISFACTION: AN APPLICATION OF CONCURRENT MIXED AND MULTI-LEVEL METHODS IN THE FEDERAL SECTOR Timothy L. Bailey, Ph.D. Touro University International 2009 This dissertation examined the interrelationship of organizational culture; macro (structural) and micro (psychological) empowerment; and job satisfaction. Specifically,...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this work was to elucidate aspects of organizational culture associated with hospital performance in perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis using quantitative data in a multicenter and multidimensional study. DESIGN Cross-sectional retrospective study using a survey data and administrative data. SETTING Eighty-three acute hospitals in Japan. PARTICIPANTS A total o...

1. Artifacts: These are visible components of culture, they are easy to formulate, have some physical shape, yet its perception varies from one individual to another. 1. Rituals and ceremonies: New hire trainings, new hire welcome lunches, annual corporate conferences, awards, offsite meetings and trainings are few examples of most common rituals and ceremonies. 2. Symbols & Slogans: These are ...