Cultural Organization: Fragments of a Theory,

Abstract

Although organizations are often said to have cultures, it is perhaps more accurate to conceive of organizations as collections of subcultures. This paper first proposes an abstract model of organizational subculture defined in terms of structural constraints of time and space, an interactional matrix, collective understandings, a transformation of socially shared into individually held knowledge and belief. The model is given particularistic substance by drawing on data from a number of organizations and occupations. Finally, social mechanisms likely to spawn organizational subcultures are outlined. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA141412

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  • J. Van Maanen
  • S. Barley

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  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Acquisition
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  • Computer Vision
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Language
  • Law
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
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  • Organizational Psychology.
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