Preliminary organizational culture scale focused on artifacts

Bonavia, Tomas (2006): Preliminary organizational culture scale focused on artifacts. Published in: Psychological Reports No. 99 (2006): pp. 671-674.

Abstract

In this preliminary study, an organizational culture scale was developed to assess cultural artifacts according to Schein´s typology (1985). It includes a set of cultural artifacts to measure the extent to which an organization is more or less traditional. A total of 249 managers from a range of different companies responded to the items. Preliminary analysis yielded a one-dimensional scale with 14 items with high internal consistency and homogeneity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: measuring organizational culture; traditional culture; innovation culture
• Subjects: M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M14 - Corporate Culture ; Diversity ; Social Responsibility

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