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International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences

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Identifying and Prioritizing affecting Components on Creative Organizational Culture

Alinaghi Amiri, Zolfa Haghgooyan, Fatemeh Mohammadi

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJAREMS/v3-i5/1142

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The aim of present paper is to identify and prioritize affecting components on organizational culture. Library studies are used to collect information on theoretical basics, to devise relevant literature and to identify components and indicators. Identified components include communications, conflict management, enrichment, innovation, job challenging, awards for creative behavior, the sense of cooperation and contribution, trust, freedom (express, experiment), resource availability, risk – taking, change supports, independence, accepting opposite ideas and flexibility and commitment. Freedman test is used to analyze data. Research findings indicate that there is a difference between creative organizational culture components in terms of importance. According to the findings, in terms of importance (highest to lowest), the components of creative organizational culture:
1. Freedom (expression, experiment), risk taking, and change support;
2. Innovation, trust, accepting opposite ideas, flexibility;
3. Communication, awards for creative behavior, sense of cooperation and contribution, independence;
4. Conflict management and enrichment;
5. Commitment, role expectations transparency and mutual respect.

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(Amiri et al., 2014)
Amiri, A., Haghgooyan, Z., & Mohammadi, F. (2014). Identifying And Prioritizing Affecting Components on Creative Organizational Culture. International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences, 3(5), 46–58.