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A Configuration Model of Organizational Culture

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  • Daniel Dauber
  • Gerhard Fink
  • Maurice Yolles

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The article proposes a configuration model of organizational culture, which explores dynamic relationships between organizational culture, strategy, structure, and operations of an organization (internal environment) and maps interactions with the external environment (task and legitimization environment). A major feature of the configuration model constitutes its well-defined processes, which connect the elements of the model systematically to each other, such as single- and double-loop learning, operationalization of strategies, legitimization management, and so on. The model is grounded in a large review of literature in different research areas and builds on widely recognized models in the field of organization and culture theory. It constitutes a response to the call for new models, which are able to explain and facilitate the exploration of the empirical complexity that organizations face today. The configuration model of organizational culture is of particular interest to scholars who investigate into cultural phenomena and change over time.

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  • Daniel Dauber & Gerhard Fink & Maurice Yolles, 2012. "A Configuration Model of Organizational Culture," SAGE Open, , vol. 2(1), pages 21582440124, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:2:y:2012:i:1:p:2158244012441482
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244012441482
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