HOFSTEDE’S MODEL PRACTICABILITY IN IDENTIFYING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN PUBLIC ROMANIAN HOSPITALS WITHIN THE NATIONAL CULTURE CONTEXT

Abstract

Culture identification of an organization has become a real concern for their management teams, regardless their type of activity, taking into consideration that culture influences both performance and the way the organization is perceived by customers, collaborators, employees and so on. In this article we have as a goal to look into , to examine Hofstede’s Model practicability in identifying the type of organizational culture from public Romanian hospitals within the national culture context that is characterized by certain cultural dimensions.

Keywords

• organizational culture
• cultural dimension
• individualism/collectivism
• distance regarding power
• long term orientation
• uncertainty avoidance