Organizational Climate and Culture

Preface

The Editor

The Contributors

Part One: Conceptual Issues

1. Climate and Culture: An Evolution of Constructs

2. The Meaning of Organizations: The Role of Cognition and Values

3. Acculturation in the Workplace: Newcomers as Lay Ethnographers

4. Strategic Context and Organizational Climate

Part Two: Methodological Issues

5. Assessing Organizational Culture: The Case for Multiple Methods

6. Level-of-Analysis Issues in Climate and Culture Research

Part Three: Applying Climate and Culture Constructs

7. Organizational Culture: A Key to Financial Performance?

8. The Role of Climate and Culture in Productivity

9. Organizational Culture: A Behavioral Perspective

10. Feeling the Elephant: Culture Consequences of a Corporate Acquisition and Buy-Back

11. The Climate for Service: An Application of the Climate Construct

Conclusion: Organizational Climate and Culture: Two Constructs in Search of a Role

Name Index

Subject Index