Organizational Culture

The shared values, beliefs, and behaviors that shape how people act inside a business.

Culture is listed among the non-wage tools a business uses to motivate and retain employees, alongside autonomy, flexible scheduling, and recognition. It is cheap relative to wages and hard for a rival to copy.

Often confused with

Motivation
Culture is the shared environment; motivation is the effect that environment and its incentives have on an individual employee's effort.

Taught in

See also

4.1.D.5