Organizational culture and firm effectiveness: An examination of relative effects of culture traits and the balanced culture hypothesis in an emerging economy

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-306

  Yilmaz, Cengiz ^a   Ergun, Ercan ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Balanced culture; Consistency; Hypothesis; Involvement; Mission; Organizational culture; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749083714     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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