Exploring the Influence of Personal Values and Cultures in the Workplace

Nedelko, Zlatko · Brzozowski, Maciej

Mar 2017 · IGI Global

About this ebook

The shifting influence of growing organizational cultures and individual standards has caused significant changes to modern organizations. By creating a better understanding of these influences, the quality of organizations can be improved.

Exploring the Influence of Personal Values and Cultures in the Workplace is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on how culture and personal values shape and influence employees’ actions, behaviors, and leadership styles. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as psychological health, career management, and job satisfaction, this publication is an ideal resource for practitioners, professionals, managers, and researchers seeking innovative perspectives on the impact of personal values and cultures in the workplace.

About the author

Zlatko Nedelko, Ph.D. (in Business), is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Management and organization, University of Maribor, Slovenia. His main research interests are management, leadership, personal values, business ethics, transitional issues in CEE and innovativeness. He has been involved in international projects tackling with business optimization, enhancing innovativeness and creativeness of management in catching up economies. Recently he was a guest researcher for nine months at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Dr. Nedelko has published his articles in peer reviewed scholarly journals including, but not limited to International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Journal of enterprising communities, Research in social change, Logistics & sustainable transport, Engineering Economics, and Actual problems of Economics.

Maciej Brzozowski has received his PhD in management science in 2006 from Poznan University of Economics and is currently hired as Assistant Professor at the Department of Strategic Management of Poznan University of Economics and Business. He writes and presents widely on issues of strategic management, project management, managers’ personal values and design management. [Editor]