Causal and corrective organisational culture: a systematic review of case studies of institutional failure

Organisational culture is assumed to be a key factor in large-scale and avoidable institutional failures (e.g. accidents, corruption). Whilst models such as “ethical culture” and “safety culture” have been used to explain such failures, minimal research has investigated their ability to do so, and a...

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Authors: Hald, E. Julie (Author) ; Gillespie, Alex ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; Reader, Tom W. (Author)
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2021
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 174, Issue: 2, Pages: 457-483
Further subjects:B Listening
B case study research
B Organisational Culture
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Ethical Culture
B Institutional failure
B Organisational disaster
B Safety culture
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