Technoeconomic and Structural Correlates of Organizational Culture: An Integrative Framework
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Organization Studies
- Vol. 7 (4) , 317-334
- https://doi.org/10.1177/017084068600700401
Abstract
An analytic framework which relates cultural variables to structural and technoecono mic factors, both inside and outside the organization, is derived from the methods employed by cultural anthropologists to generate a functional theory. The framework divides variables into two classes — social and organization, and along three different subsystems — technoeconomic, structural, and cultural. Useful in reconciling previously inconsistent or incompatible theories of organization, the framework is offered as a coordination device to integrate the results of divergent approaches to organizational culture studies.Keywords
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