Culture

Question 1

What are some antecedents of culture?

Answer 1

Evidence of functionality
A leader’s traits
A leader’s experience

Question 2

What are two important markers quantifying culture?

Answer 2

Cultural characteristics
Cultural strength

Question 3

What are two products of culture?

Answer 3

Shared assumptions
Shared values

Question 4

Describe the socialisation theory

Answer 4

A process adapts employees to organisational cultures. Cultures are learnt (pre-arrival - the information you know), then encountered (seen in action), then new arrivals change to match the culture.

Question 5

Describe Person-Organisation Fit Theory

Answer 5

People are attracted to and selected by organisations based on the match or fit between their personality and the company culture.

Question 7

Describe Attraction-Selection-Attrition Theory

Answer 7

Individuals are attracted to organisations with cultures similar to their personality
Organisations are more likely to select employees with a personality similar to their culture
Employees who are misfits are more likely to leave their organisation

Question 8

Describe the functionality perspective (origins of cultures)

Answer 8

Cultures are created because they are beneficial to groups (cultural evolution)

Question 9

Describe the leader-trait perspective (cultural origin)

Answer 9

Leaders create cultures based on their personality traits

Question 10

Describe the cultural transfer perspective (cultural origins)

Answer 10

Leaders might consider functionality of cultures, but in endeavouring to create functional cultures simply rely on available information and so may create cultures they have experienced in the past.

Question 11

What is the definition of culture?

Answer 11

A system of shared beliefs and assumptions implicitly held by members in a group