Overview of Research on Enterprise Subculture

On the basis of summarizing the research on enterprise subculture by domestic and foreign scholars, the research fields of its research results are defined, constituted, classified and formed. In accordance with the order of overseas and domestic and time evolution, this paper reviews the research status of enterprise subculture from the perspectives of cold focus, concentration, frontier, achievement and deficiency. Introduction Corporate culture is divided into main culture and sub-culture. Generally speaking, corporate subculture is based on the culture of business owners. That is to say, the enterprise subculture is called "sub-culture" to a large extent because it is an extension and complement to the business owner culture. At present, there are many and mature researches on general corporate culture or main culture in the academic circle, but few and immature researches on corporate subculture. In the academic circle, although some scholars have conducted certain research on enterprise subculture, their research areas are limited and their achievements are not large. Therefore, it is of great significance for people to clarify the current situation of research on enterprise subculture through research summary, make up for deficiencies in current research on enterprise subculture, carry out targeted research and enrich and improve the theory of enterprise subculture. Based on the current status of its research results, this paper intends to carry out the research through the definition, composition and classification of enterprise subculture, and the division of research fields such as formation cause, and use descriptive research paradigm. Research Overview of Enterprise Subculture Definition of Enterprise Subculture Van Maanen & Barley (1985) used the term subculture to describe the subgroups that have regular communication in an organization, believing that they are distinct groups within the organization that share the same problems with each other, and that the behavior of employees is governed by the same but different thinking patterns within a population [1]. This is an early description of the definition of corporate culture, from the perspective of "differentiated groups in the organization" and "different thinking modes in the organization govern the behavior of employees". The definition of enterprise subculture by Chinese scholars is based on the relationship between enterprise subculture and enterprise culture. Jing CHEN (2004) proposed that the enterprise subculture and the enterprise culture are accompanied by the non-mainstream enterprise subculture which exists in the enterprise. In the tortuous process of the formation and development of the enterprise culture, the enterprise culture becomes a component element of the joint force of the internal culture, which plays a positive or negative role in the enterprise operation and management [2]. Hai-li TU emphasized that enterprise subculture is a non-subject, non-mainstream and non-dominant corporate culture formed in a certain period of time. Enterprise subculture comes into being with the emergence of enterprise culture [3]. Xing Chen (2007) also pointed out that the enterprise subculture is a small group of people with common values, interests and hobbies, which is formed naturally due to the different social roles of enterprise members. They have a cultural 4th International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2018) Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 281