TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a theory of organizational cultural evolution
AU - Zheng, Wei
AU - Qu, Qing
AU - Yang, Baiyin
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This article proposes a theoretical framework for elucidating how organizational culture evolves as an organization goes through its life cycle. This framework reveals that as the organization goes through its life stages of start-up, growth, maturity, and revival, organizational culture evolves through corresponding mechanisms of inspiration, implantation, negotiation, and transformation. This framework contributes to the literature on the dynamic view of culture. This article suggests that human resource development professionals need to be perceptive of the life stages of their organizations and intentionally leverage different cultural mechanisms to respond to critical organizational needs.
AB - This article proposes a theoretical framework for elucidating how organizational culture evolves as an organization goes through its life cycle. This framework reveals that as the organization goes through its life stages of start-up, growth, maturity, and revival, organizational culture evolves through corresponding mechanisms of inspiration, implantation, negotiation, and transformation. This framework contributes to the literature on the dynamic view of culture. This article suggests that human resource development professionals need to be perceptive of the life stages of their organizations and intentionally leverage different cultural mechanisms to respond to critical organizational needs.
KW - Cultural evolution
KW - Organizational culture
KW - Organizational life cycle
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U2 - 10.1177/1534484309333619
DO - 10.1177/1534484309333619
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66049086123
SN - 1534-4843
VL - 8
SP - 151
EP - 173
JO - Human Resource Development Review
JF - Human Resource Development Review
IS - 2
ER -