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30 - Organizational Culture in the Context of National Culture

from Part VI - Organizational Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2018

By
T. Alexandra Beauregard ,
Kelly A. Basile  and
Cynthia A. Thompson
Edited by
Kristen M. Shockley ,
Winny Shen  and
Ryan C. Johnson
Kristen M. Shockley
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Winny Shen
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Ontario
Ryan C. Johnson
Affiliation:
Ohio University
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Summary

Organizational culture is important from a work-family perspective. This chapter examines the role of national culture in shaping employees’ work-family perceptions via culture frameworks and work-family role preferences. We discuss the relationship between national culture and organizational work-family culture, before discussing the consequences of cultural alignment or misalignment – the match or mismatch between an employee’s work-family role preferences and the role demands of an organization set forth by their work-family culture and policies. We posit that when there is no shared national culture framework influencing both individual preferences and organizational role demands, the propensity for mismatch will be higher. We conclude the chapter by presenting a new model of global work-family culture and briefly introduce its implications for theory and practice.
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface , pp. 555 - 569
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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