ISBN:
9780415879804
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (385 p)
Series Statement:
Series in Organization and Management
Parallel Title:
Print version Organizational Climate and Culture : An Introduction to Theory, Research, and Practice
DDC:
302.3/5
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The fields of organizational climate and organizational culture have co-existed for several decades with very little integration between the two. In Organizational Climate and Culture: An Introduction to Theory, Research, and Practice, Mark G. Ehrhart, Benjamin Schneider, and William H. Macey break down the barriers between these fields to encourage a broader understanding of how an organization's environment affects its functioning and performance. Building on in-depth reviews of the development of both the organizational climate and organizational culture literatures, the authors identify th
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Authors; Series Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; Definitions of Organizational Climate and Culture; Assumptions; Our Goals: What We Hope to Accomplish; What We Are Not Trying to Accomplish; Organization of the Book; Summary; 2. History of Organizational Climate Theory and Research; From 1939 to the Mid-1960s: The Early Years of Climate Research; From the Late 1960s through the Early 1970s: The Expansion of Empirical Climate Research; The Mid-1970s: Major Critiques of the Climate Literature and Their Resolution; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
3. Organizational Climate Research: The Current State of the FieldThe Definition of Organizational Climate; Climate at the Individual Level: Psychological Climate; Measurement and Levels of Analysis; Types of Climate Studied: Molar and Focused Climates; Climate Strength; Other Boundary Conditions of Climate-Outcome Relationships; Climate Itself as a Moderator Variable; Additional Approaches to Studying Climate: Antecedents and Mediators; Summary and Conclusions; 4. Foundations of Organizational Culture; A Brief History of Research on Organizational Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Approaches to Understanding Organizational CultureDefining Organizational Culture; Levels of Culture and Cultural Forms; Methods for Studying Organizational Culture; Summary: On Understanding and Studying Organizational Culture; 5. The Emergence, Effectiveness, and Change of Organizational Cultures; The Emergence of Organizational Culture; Socialization and the Perpetuation of Organizational Culture; Organizational Culture and Organizational Effectiveness; Organizational Subcultures; Culture Strength; Organizational Culture Change
Description / Table of Contents:
Summary: The Emergence, Effectiveness, and Change of Organizational Cultures6. Integrating Organizational Climate and Organizational Culture; On the Relative Absence of the Integration of Climate and Culture; Similarities Between Organizational Climate and Culture; Differences Between Organizational Climate and Culture; What Organizational Climate Researchers Could Learn from Organizational Culture Research; What Organizational Culture Researchers Could Learn from Organizational Climate Research; Toward Integrating Organizational Climate and Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Climate, Culture, and Competitive AdvantageClimate, Culture, and Organizational Change; Conclusion; 7. Thoughts for Practitioners on Organizational Cultural Inquiry; Why Executives Care: Strategy, Leadership, and Organizational Culture; The Bases for Cultural Diagnosis and Change; Talent Management and Cultural Inquiry; The Measurement Framework for Cultural Inquiry and Diagnosis; Qualitative Approaches to Cultural Diagnosis; Quantitative Approaches to Cultural Diagnosis; Blending Qualitative and Quantitative Cultural Inquiry: A Case Example
Description / Table of Contents:
Summary of Key Points to Consider in Conducting a Cultural Diagnosis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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