Cultural Change and Managerial Careers

Introduction The cultural view of organizations offers the idea that all organizations have within them the possibility and the capacity to change[1]. Just as the personalities of individuals change over the years as a result of interaction with their social surroundings, so do organizational cultures. Morgan[2] argues that a static view of an organization's culture implies that either the environment is static or that the organization is closed to environmental changes. Management researchers have recently …

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