2Life–Work Continuum

The New Organizational Culture

Nicholas Beutell, Katherina Kuschel, Maria-Teresa Lepeley

Introduction to Organizational Culture (OC) in the Workplace

OC is a robust organization dimension that has been extensively researched producing an abundant amount of literature for half a century. Edgar Schein was one of the pioneers focusing on OC (Schein, 1984; Schein, 1990; Schein, 1996; Schein, 2000). In his classic book Organizational Culture and Leadership (2017), Schein explains how to transform the abstract concept of culture into a practical tool for accelerating dynamic change, describing what OC is, how it is created, evolves and adapts to contemporary organizational challenges. Tackling the complex question of how to ...

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