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Shared values make a difference: An empirical test of corporate culture
Abstract
Is the recent popular management literature on corporate culture and cultural values just a passing fad or is it highlighting some fundamental organizational realities? The results from a recent nationwide survey of American managers shows, we are convinced, that clearly articulated organizational values do make a significant difference in the lives of employees, as well as in their organization's performance. This article is an effort to integrate this broad‐based data on individual managers' values with the reported experience of successful organizations that pay careful attention to their culture. It also offers ideas on how human resource managers can facilitate the alignment of personal and organizational values.
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- Authors
- Posner, B. Z., Kouzes, J. M., & Schmidt, W. H.
- Venue
- Human Resource Management
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1985-09
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-309
- ISSN
- 0090-4848 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-050X
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- W2081515003
- Cited by
- 343
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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