The Survival of Unique Corporate Cultures

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In this paper we identify two situations that can lead a firm to hire an executive who supports a corporate culture that differs from the firm's current culture. In the first case, there is similarity between the firm's culture and that of the candidate and in the second case, executives who support the firm's culture constitute a minority of available candidates. In both cases the firm prefers to hire an available candidate, rather than risk a prolonged vacancy. We show how these scenarios can lead to the eradication of unique cultures and to the perpetuation of more common cultures.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9873

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Theory ; Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
• Subject: corporate culture ; organizations ; minority

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Epstein, Gil S. ; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/141632
• Last update: 04.04.2025, 1:38 AM CEST