A configuration model of organizational culture

SAGE Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Dauber, Daniel ^a   Fink, Gerhard ^b   Yolles, Maurice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational culture; Organizational learning; Organizational processes; Strategy; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878776506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244012441482     Document Type: Article

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