Organizational culture and performance of medium/high-technology SMEs: An empirical study in Cali, Colombia

This article is intended to provide empirical verification of the relationship between the organizational culture of a business and its performance. For this, a study was made of 60 medium- and high-technology SMEs in Cali, Colombia. The results show that the clan-type cultures and the innovation-ty...

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Autor Principal: Gálvez Albarracín, Edgar Julián
Otros Autores: García Pérez de Lema, Domingo
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2011
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/cuadernos_admon/article/view/1749
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Sumario: This article is intended to provide empirical verification of the relationship between the organizational culture of a business and its performance. For this, a study was made of 60 medium- and high-technology SMEs in Cali, Colombia. The results show that the clan-type cultures and the innovation-type cultures have a positive impact on business performance, while the hierarchical type has a negative one. These results reinforce the theory that organizational culture is a decisive factor in achieving business competitiveness, and will be most useful to businessmen themselves, and for organizations that promote their knowledge and development, including development organizations and the academic sector.