The organizational culture in a private higher education institution in the perspective of different public

Authors

  • Magela Duarte Just IMED- PASSO FUNDO
  • Claudete Batistella IMED
  • Elaine Taufer IMED
  • Janaína Macke IMED Business School; Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v16i1.942

Keywords:

Organizational culture. Higher education institutions. Values and practices.

Abstract

Organizations consist of different audiences that interact with each other, forming the organizational culture (OC). This investigation analyzes the OC of a private higher education institution (HEI)—IMED—from the perspective of teachers, technical-administrative personnel, and students. It is a quantitative study with descriptive statistics, which used an adapted version of the Brazilian Instrument for Evaluation of Organizational Culture (IBACO). The results suggest that the culture of the mentioned HEI manifests good interaction with the internal audience and the social forces, promoting a pleasant environment. There is consistency between the values analyzed and those of IMED, but there are differences of perception with respect to the values and practices of the HEI among audiences. The research is limited because it was performed in only one HEI. This study may help managers to draw operation strategies, strengthening the OC, and it contributes to the development of researches on OC by proposing the adaptation of the IBACO to the context of private HEIs.

Author Biographies

Magela Duarte Just, IMED- PASSO FUNDO

Mestre

Claudete Batistella, IMED

Mestre

Elaine Taufer, IMED

Mestranda

Janaína Macke, IMED Business School; Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS)

Professora do PPGA/Imed Business School - Passo Fundo RS e Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS)

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Just, M. D., Batistella, C., Taufer, E., & Macke, J. (2018). The organizational culture in a private higher education institution in the perspective of different public. Contextus - Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management, 16(1), 8–31. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v16i1.942

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