Accepted and Strong Organisational Culture in Multinational Corporations

• Autorzy: Małgorzata Rozkwitalska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The magnitude of organisational culture, whose significant role is reflected in multicultural entities, particularly multinational corporations (MNCs), is widely discussed in the field literature. Nevertheless, implementing corporate culture into foreign units of such entities encounters exceptional obstacles. Therefore, the aim of this article is to identify the barriers to and the determinants of building an accepted and strong corporate culture. The deliberations are based on the literature review and the empirical findings from the author's research. The empirical part of this article presents the local perspective, namely the viewpoints of managers in foreign subsidiaries of MNCs operating on the Polish market. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Organisational culture; International corporation

PL

Kultura organizacyjna; Korporacje międzynarodowe

• Czasopismo: Journal of Intercultural Management
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 4
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 5--14

Twórcy

autor

Małgorzata Rozkwitalska

• Gdansk School of Banking; Gdansk University of Technology

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