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Innovative Companies Organizational Culture Values - International Comparative Study

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  • Agnieszka Sitko-Lutek

    (Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland)

  • Jacek Jakubczak

    (Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland)

Abstract

Innovation is a key to success in modern competitive global economy. It is a matter of discussion what is the strength of influence of different national or organizational cultures on this ability to create innovation. Yet still in numerous countries it is possible to observe that innovative companies are few among majority that just follow the market leaders. The aim of this study is to compare organizational culture of companies from seven countries - Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine and USA - to identify cultural values that are common for innovative companies. Basing on results from questionnaires conducted in 303 companies existing national organizational cultures of innovative companies are presented and described. The cultural dimensions used as cultural metrics are: highcontext cultures vs. low-context cultures; achieved status cultures vs. ascribed status cultures; conservative cultures vs. innovative cultures; high vs. low uncertainty avoidance; internal focus vs. external focus; high vs. low power distance; individualism vs. collectivism and two dimensions on task orientation and relationship orientation of leaders. Finally existing national organizational cultures are compared internationally to identify existing key values common for innovative companies despite different national cultural background.

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  • Agnieszka Sitko-Lutek & Jacek Jakubczak, 2015. "Innovative Companies Organizational Culture Values - International Comparative Study," Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Society: Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation; Proceedings of the MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference 2,, ToKnowPress.
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