Harmonization of organizational culture values and personal values in public sector
2018
Ivanova, M., Daugavpils Univ. (Latvia) | Ignatjeva, S., Daugavpils Univ. (Latvia)
The aim of the research is to find out thoughts and opinions of employees working in Latvian public sector towards organizational culture values, to provide assessment of conformity of organizational culture values and personal values. The developed hypothesis has been tested on 939 individuals working in the public sector, whose age varies from 22 to 63, and who work in Ministry of Agriculture Industry Portal. The obtained data have been processed based on the research results and using cluster analysis with the aim to analyse and study cultural values of different organizations and management of personal values. Findings: consistency and conformity of personal values and values of the organization allows determining the level of employees’ support and acceptance of organizational values, thus, determining whether the set direction of development is sufficiently supported by employees, as well as allows assessing organization’s willingness to change and level of organizational culture in general. In its turn, differences and inconsistency between personal and organizational values warn the organization of the necessity to introduce organizational, structural changes, sometimes, reflects the need to reconsider organizational goals, priorities and values. Originality/value – research of personal and organizational values of employees working in Latvian public sector by applying R. Barrett’s “The Seven Levels Model of human consciousness”.
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