CMN 2148 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gordon Allport, Organizational Communication, Global Crossing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2148
• Professor: Mary Hawkins

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An enduring organization of beliefs concerning preferable modes of conduct or end-states of existence along a continuum of relative importance . In any organization, the members generally have a set of beliefs about what is appropriate and inappropriate organizational behavior. Furthermore, these beliefs can be ordered in importance in a reliable fashion by the members of the organization goodstein (1983) Values and decision making; palmer, veiga & vora (1981) Collectivism vs. individualism / the i"; david strubler (1993) Illustrated difference between japanese collectivism and american individualism. Our abilities to misunderstand values because of cultural differences extend to numerous types of work settings. An organization is most successful when it brings different cultural backgrounds together, not to force one organizational value but to integrate diverse ideas for the benefit of the organization. Individual values; gordon allport, philip vernon & gardner lindzey. Congruence between individual values and organizational values means increased job satisfaction.