ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: PREFERENCES AND REALITIES

Rachel Edgington and Grady Bruce

Global Journal of Business Research, 2008, vol. 2, issue 2, 31-47

Abstract: An understanding of the organizational cultural preferences of new hires is required in order to achieve a person-organization fit—the key to reducing job turnover and maintaining a committed workforce. In addition, because all organizations socialize new hires (formally or informally) to understand the way things are done around here, a knowledge of preferences that are changeable—and those that are not— is both valuable and necessary. In this study we have provided findings on both the changeability of preferences through organizational socialization, as well as findings on differences in preferences across five world regions, across four countries in two world regions (Europe and Asia), and across countries within a world region (Latin America)—all with an emphasis on graduates with MBA degrees.

JEL-codes: D23 M12 M14 M16 M51 M53 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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