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A critical perspective on organizational values
Author(s) -
Fenton Nancy E.,
Inglis Sue
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.153
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , sociology , organizational identification , identification (biology) , service (business) , public relations , center (category theory) , psychology , social psychology , organizational commitment , political science , business , marketing , computer science , chemistry , botany , artificial intelligence , biology , crystallography
This article looks critically at the results of one nonprofit volunteer center in its identification of organizational values and associated workplace behaviors. Using Martin's cultural framework (2002) inclusive of integration, differentiation, and fragmentation perspectives revealed a richer understanding of how staff, board members, and in‐service service volunteers variously interpret the meanings of workplace values. In particular, views that might otherwise have been ignored or remained silent were more clearly understood.