Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Borg, I.
Author-Name-Last: Borg
Author-Name-First: Ingwer
Author-Name: Groenen, P.J.F.
Author-Name-Last: Groenen
Author-Name-First: Patrick
Author-Person: pgr229
Author-Name: Jehn, K.A.
Author-Name-Last: Jehn
Author-Name-First: Karen
Author-Name: Bilsky, W.
Author-Name-Last: Bilsky
Author-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-Name: Schwartz, S.H.
Author-Name-Last: Schwartz
Author-Name-First: Shalom
Title: Embedding the Organizational Culture Profile into Schwartz’s Universal Value Theory using Multidimensional Scaling with Regional Restrictions
Abstract: Person-organization fit is often measured by the congruence of a person’s values and the values that he or she ascribes to the organization. A popular instrument used in this context is the Organizational Culture Profile (O’Reilly, Chatman, & Caldwell, 1991). The OCP scales its 54 items on eight factors, derived by exploratory factor analysis. We investigate the extent to which the OCP can be embedded into Schwartz’s Theory of Universals in Values (TUV) that is formulated in terms of a circumplex in MDS space. To address this question, we develop a non-standard MDS method that enforces a TUV-based axial regionality onto the solution space together with a permutation test that assesses the consistency of the side constraints with the MDS representation. We find that the OCP can indeed be largely embedded into the TUV. The practical implication is that P-O fit can at least be approximated by the congruence of the person’s and the organization’s positions on two value dimensions, risk vs. rules and results vs. relations.
Creation-Date: 2009-03-31
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/15404/ERS-2009-017-MKT.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2009-017-MKT
Classification-JEL: C44, M, M11, M31
Keywords: organizational culture profile, schwartz’s universal value theory
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:15404