Differences in the Perception of Organizational Culture in Non-Public Universities in Poland by Academic and Administrative Staff – A Study Based on Cameron and Quinn's Model

Cieciora Małgorzata (), Pietrzak Piotr (), Dębski Maciej (), Kandefer Krzysztof () and Bołkunow Wiktor ()
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Cieciora Małgorzata: Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Faculty of Information Management, Warsaw, POLAND
Pietrzak Piotr: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Management Institute, Warsaw, POLAND
Dębski Maciej: University of Social Sciences, Faculty of Management and Security, Warsaw, POLAND
Kandefer Krzysztof: WSB University in Warsaw, POLAND
Bołkunow Wiktor: Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of Management and Finance, Warsaw, POLAND

Foundations of Management, 2021, vol. 13, issue 1, 131-144

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present differences in the perception of current and desired organizational culture between two different types of workers – academic and administrative staff – in non-public universities in Poland. A synthetic review of the literature on organizational culture at universities and the workplace attitudes of the two groups of university employees was conducted and presented. Research in the form of a survey based on Cameron and Quinn's model was conducted in three non-public universities in Poland. A sample of opinions of 115 workers was gathered and analyzed. It was found in the study that according to academic workers, the present culture was market culture, whereas for administrative workers, it was hierarchy culture. Both groups chose clan culture as the preferred culture. The findings may be useful for higher education decision makers in their attempts to transform universities into market-oriented, yet friendly workplaces. The study's limitations include a relatively small sample of respondents. A further, more comprehensive research into the subject will be worth conducting.

Keywords: organizational culture; Cameron and Quinn's model; Competing Values Framework model; higher education; non-public higher schools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I23 M14 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/fman-2021-0010

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