Standing out and fitting in: Culture, gender, and socialization in growing organizations

The emergence and transmission of organizational culture in small growing organizations founded by teams was examined using data from a laboratory study of 40 simulated organizations and a field study of 4 actual organizations. The dimension of culture examined was the nature of human relations (Schein, 1992), which was measured using instruments based on Fiske's (1991) theory of elementary relational forms. Results indicate that the sex composition of the founding team affected both preferred and perceived norms for social interaction in the groups. In the laboratory, simulated organizations founded by women emphasized communal sharing and equality matching principles more, and authority ranking principles less, than did organizations founded by men, but the differences were small.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Arrow, Holly

Contributors dc:contributor

• McGrath, Joseph E.

• Psychology, Social
• Business Administration, Management
• Psychology, Industrial

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Arrow, Holly

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591197334
AAI9712192
(UMI)AAI9712192

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21569