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What Is Organizational Culture? (Newsletter)

An organization’s culture sets the overall climate of the organization and becomes a major factor in employees’ desire to join, stay, and grow there.

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Thu Oct 31 2013

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We define an organization’s culture as the attitudes, beliefs, values, expectations, knowledge, language, opportunities, structure, and materials of a particular workplace that define how business is conducted on a daily basis. An organization’s culture is the cumulative result of the combination of these elements over time; it is dynamic, changing as the organization grows and transforms itself. An organization’s culture further sets the overall climate of the organization and becomes a major factor in employees’ desire to join, stay, and grow in the organization. In this article, we will look at the first three of these elements, as well as at their impact on employee engagement. 

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