Search results for "Organizational culture"

The impact of societal cultural values and individual social beliefs on the perceived effectiveness of managerial influence strategies: a meso approa…

2004

This paper reports the findings of a 12-nation study designed to test empirically the relationships between societal cultural values, individual social beliefs, and the perceived effectiveness of different influence strategies. The relationships between three types of broad influence strategy (persuasive, assertive, and relationship based) and four dimensions of individual beliefs (cynicism, fate control, reward for application, and religiosity) were examined. Three of Project GLOBE's cultural values (in-group collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and future orientation) were selected to investigate their direct effects on the rated effectiveness of influence strategies, and their possible i…

Factors that foster or prevent sense of belonging among social and health care managers.

2018

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify factors that foster or prevent sense of belonging among frontline and middle managers in social and health-care services in Finland. Design/methodology/approach The data have been collected among social and health-care managers (n = 135; 64 per cent nursing managers) through two open-ended questions in a questionnaire concerning sense of community. The results of the open-ended questions have been analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings Among managers, six categories of factors that foster sense of belonging (open interaction, effective conversation culture, support and encouragement, common values, a shared vision of the work …

Adapting to Finland through professional football : perceptions of players and coaches

2014

The present study explores how football migrants (foreign professional football / soccer players) perceive the adaptation process in Finland. Globalization and legislation have made it easier for football players to work abroad. The amount of football migrants in Finland is increasing each year. The internationalization of Finnish football requires study. Successful adaptation has a positive outcome on a migrant, which will increase the chances of personal, and thus in the case of football, team success. This thesis is a qualitative study of five football migrants, who are interviewed based on thematic, semi structured face-to-face conversations in Finland. The following research questions …

Organisational culture: pursuing a theoretical foundation within the Finnish public oral health-care context.

2004

At the moment, Finnish oral health care is undergoing many changes. Little attention has been paid to issues of organisational culture and communication in Finnish oral health care. Yet the question of culture is of primary importance for changes in an organisation and for planning and reconstructing the rational functioning of an organisation. The purpose of this paper is to examine Finnish public oral health care within a theoretical framework of organisational culture and to identify the various cultural traits that appear to characterise Finnish oral health care. Using a cultural point of view, we develop an orientation for understanding more profoundly and specifically the processes co…

Significant others’ experience of hospitalized patients’ transfer to home:a systematic review protocol

2014

Review question/objective The objective of this review is to identify, appraise and synthesize the best available evidence exploring significant others’ experiences of the discharge/transfer of patients after hospitalization. More specifically, the review questions are: What is the significant other(s) experience of hospital/discharge transfer of patients; in particular, experiences relating to transitions concerning organizational, psychosocial and existential issues? How do significant others experience their preparedness for bringing the patient(s) home? How do significant others experience the planning of discharge? Inclusion criteria Types of participants The participants of this revie…

Leader–Member Exchange and Organizational Culture and Climate

2014

Learning to Contradict and Standing Up for the Company: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Organizational Dissent, Organizational Assimilatio…

2016

This study explored relationships between organizational assimilation, organizational reputation, and organizational dissent. Survey data collection using standard instruments was conducted with a ...

Linking Online Marketing Practices in Romania to Global Trends

2018

The very fast online transformations cause rapid changes in consumers’ behavior and, implicitly, the need for businesses’ adaptation to market trends and wants. We are now at that moment when a business’s survival and development essentially depend on understanding the importance of marketing and on adjustment to online marketing trends like ultimate elements in bringing its success. Thus, online marketing is a business culture, an entrepreneurial mindset in all over the world, for each type of business. This paper aims to give an overview on Romanian online advertising market by presenting data, trends, and main players. Many recent studies showed that the online is in a growing process, a…

Quality Circles and Organisation Culture

1988

This article is an attempt to increase knowledge of the best conditions for application of a programme of quality circles. It suggests that before applying such a programme, the top management team must clarify: the purpose of application, the ways to use the circles, and analyse the organisational characteristics, especially the organisation culture. The search for such coherency will contribute to the success of the programme.

Contextualizing AMO explanations of knowledge sharing in MNEs: the role of organizational and national culture

2022

AbstractAbility, motivation, and opportunity (AMO) approaches have dominated studies of knowledge sharing in multinational enterprises (MNEs). We argue that there is a need to consider both the national and organizational cultural contexts. Beyond their direct influence on knowledge sharing with colleagues in other business units (BUs), national and organizational culture significantly reinforce the positive relation between individual motivation and knowledge sharing. Thus, our multi-level approach to knowledge sharing in MNEs gives rise to a contextualized AMO approach that provides a novel and more potent understanding of variations in knowledge sharing. At the individual level, our appr…