Organizational Culture and Climate: New Perspectives and Challenges
Author | : Thais Gonzalez Torres |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2024-02-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9782832535967 |
ISBN-13 | : 2832535968 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Within the framework of organizational behavior and organizational psychology, organizational climate and culture conceptualize how employees experience their work settings. Thus, organizational climate refers to the shared perceptions and meaning attributed to policies, practices, and procedures experienced by employees and the behaviors they observe that are rewarded, supported, and expected. On the other hand, organizational culture may be defined as the collection of values, expectations, and practices that guide and inform the actions of all team members. Climate offers an approach to the tangibles on which managers can focus to generate the behaviors they require for effectiveness, and culture offers the intangibles that likely accrue to produce the deeper psychology of people in a setting. These two concepts complement each other and can be mutually useful in practice.