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Profiling Organizational Culture Of Different Sectors In Pakistan, Zaki Rashidi, Nadeem A. Syed, Sajida Zaki
Profiling Organizational Culture Of Different Sectors In Pakistan, Zaki Rashidi, Nadeem A. Syed, Sajida Zaki
Business Review
Organizational Culture is gaining importance in the modern organization theory and research. Mangers are more emphasizing to understand the culture and climate of their organization to enhance the effectiveness and productivity of the organization. Organizational development practitioners and change management flag bearers harmoniously favoring to comprehend the culture of any organization for any kind of change or transformation. Organizational Culture Profile (OCP) provides the basic tool to analyze and figure out the type and nature of cultural stream of any organization. The OCP helps to create the cultural-profile of the organization through a survey of the employees. This study encompasses …
Evaluation Method, Task Outcomes And Group Structure As Counteracting Strategies Of Social Loafing In Manufacturing Industries Of Pakistan, Khurshid Alam, Arshad Ali, Fazli Subhan
Evaluation Method, Task Outcomes And Group Structure As Counteracting Strategies Of Social Loafing In Manufacturing Industries Of Pakistan, Khurshid Alam, Arshad Ali, Fazli Subhan
Business Review
The study examines task evaluation techniques; task outcomes and group structure composition in counteracting social loafing. The approach espoused in this paper is to assess the conventional literature that provides strong support for existence of social loafing phenomenon in groups and to predict counteracting from aforementioned variables.Based on latest literature innovative ways for combating social loafing are discussed. Results provide conclusive support that enhancing evaluation method, task outcomes and group structure were associated with reduced occurrence of social loafing. At group level increased conjunctive task and reward interdependence, heterogeneity and peer evaluation increase social loafing while increase in task meaningfulness, …