TL;DR
- This study shows that some people are a better fit for (or are more common in) certain types of company cultures.
- For example, those who are highly creative (surprisingly) tend to be in bureaucratic cultures
- **Bureaucratic **cultures- associated with higher needs for power and affiliation, and creativity
- **Innovative **cultures- associated with high needs for achievement, affiliation, and power
- **Supportive **cultures- associated with high needs for autonomy
Notes
- The more similar the needs and personalities are of employees to their work environment, the more effective they will be
- This includes things like higher motivation, job satisfaction, and low turnover
- Culture is one of those factors of the work environment
- 3 types of culture (Wallach)
- Bureaucratic
- Organized, cautious, systemic, mature, and the way that information and power is distributed tends to be in a hierarchy
- Innovative
- Creative, challenge and risk are normal, but so is burnout and stress
- Supportive
- Very friendly, helpful, and open, might be described as a “family”
- Bureaucratic
- 3 types of culture (Wallach)
- The researchers chose various factors to measure using a survey, given to several companies
- Job satisfaction, job involvement, likelihood to leave, need for achievement/ autonomy/ power/ affiliation, likelihood to take risks, creativity, and the organization’s culture
- Within each type of culture, the results showed that the people were associated with the following:
- **Bureaucratic **cultures
- Higher needs for power and affiliation, and creativity
- **Innovative **cultures
- High needs for achievement, affiliation, and power
- **Supportive **cultures
- High needs for autonomy
- **Bureaucratic **cultures