{"title":"Organizational Culture Effect on Association Between Intellectual Capital and Cost Characteristics","authors":"M. Heidari, H. Didar, Yaser Vafa","doi":"10.4172/2168-9601.1000277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2168-9601.1000277","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: In line with the knowledge-based economy development, their intellectual capitals play a vital role in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. In the context of developing economy, cost management is taken into consideration as one of the most important strategies to attain financial success and organizational performance within the competitive market. Since intellectual capital and cost characteristics management are among the factors leading to improvement of financial performance indicators among companies, and considering the fact that these terms can function as improving the efficiency and effectiveness in assumed organizations along with perceiving that organizational culture is one of the fundamental fields of organizational change and transform, the present study was developed to examine the association between intellectual capital and cost characteristics with a focus on mediating effect of organizational culture among the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchanges and over the counter. Design/methodology/approach: To this end, the information pertinent to 168 companies for 7 years through 2010 to 2016 was used. To test the research hypotheses, the present study made use of multivariate regression method based on mixed data. Findings: The results indicated that there was a positive and significant relationship between intellectual capital and organizational culture as well as cost characteristics. In addition, it was concluded that there was a positive and significant relationship between organizational culture and cost characteristics. Ultimately, it was found that the effect of organizational culture (as the mediator variable) in the relationship between intellectual capital and cost characteristics was significant. Originality/value: Organizational culture models play a key role in increased managers’ awareness and organizational practitioners. It is necessary that organizational managers, particularly in developing countries pave the way for increased efficiency and organizational effectiveness through referring of mixed models and develop strategic studies with respect to the conformation of these models.","PeriodicalId":256352,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Culture & Communications (Topic)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124179976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Srivastava, Amir Goldberg, V. Manian, Christopher Potts
{"title":"Enculturation Trajectories: Language, Cultural Adaptation, and Individual Outcomes in Organizations","authors":"S. Srivastava, Amir Goldberg, V. Manian, Christopher Potts","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2701097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2701097","url":null,"abstract":"How do people adapt to organizational culture, and what are the consequences for their outcomes in the organization? These fundamental questions about culture have previously been examined using self-report measures, which are subject to reporting bias, rely on coarse cultural categories defined by researchers, and provide only static snapshots of cultural fit. By contrast, we develop an interactional language use model that overcomes these limitations and opens new avenues for theoretical development about the dynamics of organizational culture. We trace the enculturation trajectories of employees in a midsized technology firm based on analyses of 10.24 million internal emails. Our language-based model of changing cultural fit (1) predicts individual attainment; (2) reveals distinct patterns of adaptation for employees who exit voluntarily, exit involuntarily, and remain employed; (3) demonstrates that rapid early cultural adaptation reduces the risk of involuntary, but not voluntary, exit; and (4) finds...","PeriodicalId":256352,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Culture & Communications (Topic)","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115887173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}