Organizational culture and leadership in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey: The contextual constraints of society and industry

Bayraktar S., Karaçay Aydın G., Dastmalchian A., KABASAKAL H.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES-REVUE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES DE L ADMINISTRATION, cilt.39, sa.4, ss.413-431, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/cjas.1665
  • Dergi Adı: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES-REVUE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES DE L ADMINISTRATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, EconLit, PAIS International, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.413-431
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: industry, leadership, MENA region, organizational culture, society, NATIONAL CULTURE, MIDDLE-EAST, CONVERGENCE, VALUES, DIMENSIONS, DIVERSITY, MANAGERS, WORK, METAANALYSIS, ISOMORPHISM
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Drawing on institutional theory, this paper aims to examine whether society and industry act as constraining factors on organizational culture and leadership preferences in three countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The sample includes 55 organizations in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey operating in the finance and food industries. The findings show that organizational culture and leadership preferences vary across different societies in the region. Moreover, some organizational culture practices differ across industries, whereas leadership preferences do not. These findings demonstrate the importance of context (mainly on society and partially on industry) on shaping organizational culture and perceived leadership effectiveness. The practical implications suggest that managers must be aware that even countries in the same region have practice differences.