How Much Does National Culture Constrain Organizational Culture?

Does Biology Constrain Culture?

Most social scientists would agree that the capacity for human culture was probably fashioned by natural selection, but they disagree about the implications of this supposition. Some believe that natural selection imposes important constraints on the ways in which culture can vary, while others believe that any such constraints must be negligible. This paper employs a “thought experiment” to de...

How much does household collateral constrain regional risk sharing?

The covariance of regional consumption varies cross-sectionally and over time. Household-level borrowing frictions can explain this aggregate phenomenon. When the value of housing falls, loan collateral shrinks, borrowing (risk-sharing) declines, and the sensitivity of consumption to income increases. Using panel data from 23 US metropolitan areas, we find that in times and regions where collat...

Does Organizational Culture Impact Patient Safety Management?

Objective: Since organizational culture could act as a tool to socialize employee value, this study explores the relationship between organizational culture and patient safety management, with the purpose of identifying which culture could benefit from the implementation of patient safety. Method: Based on the theory of Competing Values Approach, this study adopted four categories of organizati...

How quality improvement projects influence organizational culture.

Organizational Culture

1. Artifacts: These are visible components of culture, they are easy to formulate, have some physical shape, yet its perception varies from one individual to another. 1. Rituals and ceremonies: New hire trainings, new hire welcome lunches, annual corporate conferences, awards, offsite meetings and trainings are few examples of most common rituals and ceremonies. 2. Symbols & Slogans: These are ...