Organizational Culture of Participation: Development and Validation of a Measure

Erko Martins, Alexander Pundt, Claes S. Horsmann and Friedemann W. Nerdinger

Zeitschrift fuer Personalforschung. German Journal of Research in Human Resource Management, 2008, vol. 22, issue 2, 195 - 215

Abstract: This article specifies the concept of 'Organizational Culture of Participation' (OCP) as that part of an organizational culture which is linked to employee participation. Three OCP-types are distinguished by the way participation is promoted and supported in an organizational culture: (1) leader promoted, (2) employee promoted, and (3) institution promoted OCPs – all types are considered to have different processes and outcomes of employee participation. The OCP concept’s relevance for research on employee participation and a first validation of this concept is described. For this we developed a measure of OCP and conducted an empirical study to analyze construct, discriminant and incremental validity. After presenting this study implications for future research and of practical relevance are derived.

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employee Participation; Organizational Commitment; Innovative Behavior; Psychological Ownership; Validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J28 J53 M12 M52 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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