Organizational Culture Types and Their Effects on Organizational Performance in Turkish Hospitals

Nowadays a cultural transformation is seen in healthcare industry in Turkey because of important structural changes due to implemented exchange programs and liberalization policies on national basis. In this condition hospitals, as a business, make an effort to gain above average returns while servi...

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Published in:Emerging markets journal 2014-03, Vol.3 (3), p.18-31
Main Authors: Acar, A.Zafer, Acar, Pınar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Competitive advantage
Corporate culture
Customer services
Employees
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care industry
Health services
Hypotheses
İktisat & İşletme & Finans
International
Liberalization
Libraries
Maliye & Muhasebe & Vergi
Service industries
Strategic management
Studies
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Summary:Nowadays a cultural transformation is seen in healthcare industry in Turkey because of important structural changes due to implemented exchange programs and liberalization policies on national basis. In this condition hospitals, as a business, make an effort to gain above average returns while serving the health services. According to the literature, one of the substantial intangible forces that affect performance is organizational culture. Thus, this study aims to identify the dominant organizational culture types of private and public hospitals while make a comparison between their effects on business performance. To examine the research questions a questionnaire survey performed, and data collected from 512 employees of 99 hospitals which are located in large cities of Turkey are analysed by using SPSS 15 program.
ISSN:2158-8708
2159-242X
2158-8708
DOI:10.5195/emaj.2014.47