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DOI: 10.15240/ ul/001/2019-1-010
In oduc ion
Due o he p essu e o global compe i ion,
sho ened p oduc -li e cycles and he inc easing
oppo uni y o imi a e p oduc designs o hei
elemen s, companies con inuously ocus
on inno a ions as one o hei main agenda
in o de o main ain hei global o na ional
compe i i eness. Besides, hese inno a ions
a e conside ed as an ul ima e sou ce o
p oduc i i y imp o emen , he g ow h in sales
olume, and he capabili y o a company in
ques ion o s ay compe i i e on he global
ma ke (Liao, Hu, Chen, & Lin, 2015).
Companies pe cei e he need o con inuously
adap , de elop, and inno a e as an economic
necessi y ha esul s om global ma ke
p essu es. The enhancemen o p oduc design
and quali y, accesso ial echnological se ices,
hei accessibili y and eliabili y a e no longe
only seen as a bene i bu a he an ul ima e
condi ion o he sus ainabili y o company
compe i i eness. The s eady upg ades in
inno a ion capabili y (IC) o he deploymen
and comme cialisa ion o new echnologies had
become a he an i on law in company cul u e
han jus he a ional managemen choice.
The e o e, he c ea ion and dissemina ion o IC
wi hin he amewo k o company o ganiza ion
is a necessa y p econdi ion o s eng hening
compe i i eness and succeeding on he global
o na ional ma ke (S eibe , 2018; Chang,
K aus, Rig e ing, & Egge s, 2017)
O ganiza ional Cul u e
O ganiza ional cul u e (OC) is a concep , which
is de i ned om many di e en hough no
necessa ily incompa ible pe spec i es. Schein,
o ins ance, a gues ha he OC concep e inces
a heu is ic alue o he explana ion o hose
social phenomena (which appea in g oups,
occupa ions, o ganiza ions and o he kinds o
social uni s ha ha e common his o ies) ha
a e con en ionally seen as incomp ehensi e
and i a ional (Schein, 2017). In his ega d
Schein de i nes cul u e as a pa e n o sha ed
undamen al assump ions lea ned by a g oup as i
o e comes bo h ex e nal adap a ion and in e nal
in eg a ion obs acles, whe eby g oup membe
use is e i cien enough o be conside ed aluable
and which is augh o new membe s as he igh
way o meande ing h ough he equi alen u u e
obs acles. OC comp ises s uc u ed beha iou
(especially leade ship s yle), language, i uals,
ce emonies, my hs, he oes, e c. (Dubkē ič &
Ba ba s, 2011). I may be p esen ed in simple
ways which make i mo e isible and conscious.
Mos o he au ho s o managemen science
emphasise ha OC also includes a alue sys em
which is de e minan in ela ion o he a i ude (de
V ies & Mille , 1986; Vanae de & Jou née, 2003;
Ho s ede & Ho s ede, 2005; Ba e , 2017).
Values a e gene ally de i ned as
special meanings o ideas and objec s ha
a e nego ia ed on a pe sonal as well as
o ganiza ional le el (Dubkē ič & Ba ba s, 2011).
They de e mine he pe cep ion o social and
cul u al eali y, human na u e and in e pe sonal
ela ionships. So, he a i ude p ima ily shapes
ou e alua ion o si ua ions in he wo ld a ound
us and comp ises a cogni i e dimension (wha
is posi i e o nega i e), a ec i e dimension
(emo ions and eelings), and beha iou al
dimension (social ac ions o ien ed owa ds
o he pe sons and objec s) (Wa , 2002).
THE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE AS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE
FOR COMPANY MANAGEMENT
– AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND POLAND
Ma cela Sokolo a, Vacla Zub , Anna Cie niak-Eme ych,
Szymon T. Dziuba
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The aim o his s udy is o examine he
le el o o ganiza ional cul u e (measu ed by
O ganiza ional Cul u e Index alue o h ee
o ganiza ional cul u e – suppo i e, inno a i e,
bu eauc a ic) in he Czech Republic and
Poland, i.e. o make a compa ison; he e is
sha ed consen ha OC p o ides he ‘social
glue’ ha p o ides companies wi h cohe ence,
iden i y, and di ec ion. In his ega d, his
sec ion b ie l y o e iews cul u al ypes linked
o he ways ha OC is aimed o be c ea ed.
Handy (1993), o example, add esses he
o ganiza ional phenomena ha con ibu e o
bo h he successes and ailu es o companies
and iden i i es ou undamen al cul u e ypes
(which he calls powe , ole, ask, and pe son).
Toge he , hese ypes cons i u e a amewo k
o he s udy and explo a ion o OC. In his
su ey o 88 Japanese companies, Kono (1990)
iden i i es i e cul u e ypes which he designa es
as Vi alised, ‘Follow he leade and i alised’,
Bu eauc a ic, S agnan , ‘Follow he leade and
s agnan ’. Tian, Deng, Zhang, and Salmado
(2018) whose cul u e esea ch is based on
heo e ically de i ed bipola dimensions,
dis inguish se e al pa e ns o how o espond
o he exis en ial ques ions a na ional le el.
Addi ionally, hey also ex end hei sea ch by
examining co po a e cul u es by na ionali y.
On he o he hand, Wa ’s O ganiza ional
Cul u e Assessmen Ins umen (OCAI) (2002)
de elops a balanced e alua ion me hod o he
OC sui abili y wi hou implying ha one cul u e
ype is a p io i mo e e i cien han ano he .
We sugges ha he OC’s con en ional
concep ualisa ion is some imes oo ague,
amo phous and incomp ehensible in he
con ex o mos peoples’ mundane ac i i ies
and day- o-day engagemen s wi h hei wo k li e
obs acles in companies. The e o e, we sugges
emphasising such dimensions and aspec s
o OC which a e much close o he o dina y
pe spec i es o company employees using he
concep s o cul u e ypes, indus ial ypes and
sub-cul u es. We belie e ha his app oach
would be mo e p oduc i e as i is mo e easily
ela ed o he pe cep ions and sen imen s
associa ed wi h in ol emen , a i ude and
beha iou , and acili a es knowledge sha ing.
In his ega d we ollow Wallach (1983) who
concep ualises and ope a ionalises h ee
cul u e dimensions, namely, (1) suppo i e,
(2) inno a i e, and (3) bu eauc a ic hospi al
cul u es. Wallach’s (1983) cul u al dimensions
a e b oadly accep ed because hey co espond
wi h he di e en ia ion in manage ial p ac ices
(bu eauc a ic, inno a i e, and suppo i e) and
e inces a highe deg ee o ele ance o he
heal h-ca e se ing. Hence, his model is also
used in his s udy o he ole o OCs in he
possibili ies o he enhancemen o company
inno a ion compe i i eness. The p o-inno a i e
o ganiza ional cul u e is pe cei ed as he
o ganiza ion´s abili y o inno a e.
The e a e many a ia ions o how o
de i ne o unde s and he e m inno a ion.
I could be said ha mos o ele an s udies
ocus on inno a ion as a way o echnological
imp o emen , upg ading, and pe ec ion o
p oduc de elopmen . Adle and Shenha
(1990), o ins ance, de i ne inno a ion as:
(1) he capaci y o c ea e such i ems which
a e able o add ess ma ke demands, (2) he
capaci y o u ilise exis ing inno a ion o c ea e
i ems, (3) he capaci y o p oduce new i ems
o e esh exis ing i ems o add ess business
sec o demands, and (4) he capaci y o acqui e
and use new echnological inno a ion o open
new oppo uni ies. Al hough, some au ho s
conside IC as a speci i c company asse . In ou
p e ious s udy, we also ex ended he scope o
he inno a ion´s signi i cance om echnological
sphe e o managemen domains. This esea ch
conside s IC an in eg al pa o he p ocess
whe eby he company in ques ion goes h ough
a ious ypes o inno a ion in o de o each
he gene al enhancemen o i s IC (Mohelská &
Sokolo á, 2018).
1. Resea ch Objec i e and
Me hodology
The esea ch is ocused on li e a u e esea ch
and on compa ison o he le el o o ganiza ional
cul u e in o ganiza ions in he Czech Republic
and Poland.
1.1 Objec i es and Resea ch Ques ion
The main s udy objec i e is o examine he le el
o o ganiza ional cul u e in he Czech Republic
and Poland, i.e. o make a compa ison.
To accomplish his objec i e, i is necessa y
o de i ne se e al sub-s eps:
 STEP1: Con en analysis (De i ning
basic concep s and con ex s ela ed o
o ganiza ional cul u e, iden i i ca ion o
possible ac o s de e mining he le el o
o ganiza ional cul u e in he Czech Republic
and Poland.).
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 STEP2: Compa ison o he le el o
o ganiza ional cul u e in o ganiza ions in he
Czech Republic and Poland and a deepe
analysis o he ob ained da a.
 STEP3: Resul s summa y and conclusions
o mula ion.
A esea ch ques ion has been es ablished
in connec ion wi h he aim o his hesis which
examines o ganiza ional cul u e in he Czech
Republic and Poland:
RQ: In wha ex en do employees pe cei e
he le el o o ganiza ional cul u e in
Czech and Polish o ganiza ions he same
way, i.e. a e he e any di e ences in he
coun ies o o he pa ial cha ac e is ics
such as gende , o ganiza ion size and job
posi ion?
The ollowing hypo heses need o be
e i i ed in o de o i nd a esponse o he
esea ch ques ion:
H10: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e
index in he Czech Republic and Poland.
H20: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e
index in he Czech Republic and Poland
acco ding o gende .
H30: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e
index in he Czech Republic and Poland
acco ding o he o ganiza ion’s size.
H40: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e
index in he Czech Republic and Poland
acco ding o job classi i ca ion.
These hypo heses a e o mula ed as ze o
hypo heses. In he ollowing chap e , whe e he
su ey esul s a e p esen ed, he hypo heses
a e decomposed in o pa ial and mo e speci i c
hypo heses ha can be s a is ically alida ed.
1.2 The Resea ch Me hodology
A s anda dised ques ionnai e e alua ing
o ganiza ional cul u e – he Czech ansla ion
o Wallach’s Ques ionnai e (1983) –
O ganiza ional Cul u e Index (OCI) was used
o he compa ison. The main easons o
choosing his ques ionnai e o he s udy a e
ha he ques ionnai e is gene ally ecognized,
he s uc u e o he ques ionnai e analyses
he o ganiza ional cul u e le el and ha he
ques ionnai e is no signi i can ly a ec ed by
social and echnological de elopmen . Use o
he Wallach´s Ques ionnai e allows o compa e
he esul s in e na ionally. Ellen J. Wallach
di e en ia ed o ganiza ional cul u e in o
h ee dimensions – bu eauc a ic, suppo i e,
and inno a i e. Bu eauc a ic cul u e is
cha ac e ised by a hie a chical s uc u e o
an o ganiza ion whe e he e is a clea line o
au ho i ies and is highly o ganised. Suppo i e
cul u e, on he o he hand, is o ien ed owa ds
in e pe sonal ela ionships. I is desc ibed wi h
mu ual us , encou agemen and co-ope a ion.
Inno a i e cul u e is conside ed o be dynamic,
i s imula es c ea i e wo k, b ings new
challenges, and encou ages isky beha iou .
The quan i a i e ques ionnai e esea ch
be ween esponden s om he Czech Republic
and Poland was conduc ed. The ques ionnai e
consis s o 24 i ems desc ibing he o ganiza ion
ha a e a ed a Like ’s ou -poin scale
wi h answe s om 0 (does no desc ibe ou
o ganiza ion) o 3 (desc ibes ou o ganiza ion
in mos cases). The esponses a e e alua ed
o each o ganiza ional cul u e dimension
(eigh i ems pe dimension), so we ge an
index o o ganiza ional cul u e o bu eauc a ic,
inno a i e and suppo i e cul u e. F om hese
esul s, i is possible o ead how esponden
pe cei e he le el o he ele an ype o
o ganiza ional cul u e in he o ganiza ion whe e
hey wo k. The ques ionnai e also included he
basic h ee demog aphic issues – gende , age
and he esponden ’s educa ion le el, and i e
ques ions conce ning he cha ac e is ics o he
o ganiza ion whe e he esponden wo ks – he
o ganiza ion’s owne ship (Czech owne ship,
o eign owne ship, in e na ional co po a ion
and public/go e nmen al o ganiza ions), he
size o o ganiza ion (up o 50 employees, up
o 250 employees, 500 employees and o e
500 employees), and he esponden ’s posi ion
(manage – employee supe iso y, employee
wi hou employee liabili y) and business a ea.
Al hough i was no possible o ob ain
a c oss-sec ional sample in he Czech Republic
and Poland, we ied o c ea e a sample o
employees om di e en i elds, p o i and
non-p o i sec o s. Da a was collec ed h ough
collabo a ion in a dis ance s udy wi h ou
college s uden s when hey we e asked o i ll
ou a ques ionnai e wi h hei colleagues in he
o ganiza ion whe e hey wo k. We s a ed ou
wi h he ac ha hese s uden s a e wo king in
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I em % equency % equency
Gende
Men 45.73 675 49.17 177
Women 54.27 801 50.83 183
Age
Unde 30 35.57 525 36.11 130
30-40 29.20 431 42.22 152
51-50 21.41 316 16.39 59
51 and abo e 13.82 204 5.28 19
Educa ion
Elemen a y educa ional le el 0.34 5 0.83 3
Skilled wo ke 8.27 122 0.56 2
Seconda y school 45.05 665 7.22 26
Highe p o essional school 5.69 84 0.83 3
Unde g adua e (dis ance) lea ning 9.42 139 1.11 4
Uni e si y deg ee educa ion 31.23 461 89.44 322
Yea s o expe ience ( enu e)
Unde 5 yea s 48.85 721 68.33 246
5-10 yea s 27.24 402 21.11 76
11-15 yea s 10.84 160 6.11 22
O e 15 yea s 13.08 193 4.44 16
O ganiza ion owne ship
Local owne 42.82 632 60.00 216
Fo eign owne 22.97 339 5.28 19
In e na ional co po a ion 13.55 200 28.61 103
Public/go e nmen al o ganiza ion 20.66 305 6.11 22
O ganiza ion size
Up o 50 employees 34.62 511 35.56 128
Up o 250 employees 26.02 384 21.11 76
Up o 500 employees 10.98 162 10.56 38
O e 500 employees 28.39 419 32.78 118
Job le el
Manage /supe iso y esponsibili y employee 28.12 415 84.44 304
Non-supe iso y esponsibili y employee 71.88 1,061 15.56 56
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Tab. 1: Composi ion o he su eyed sample o esponden s – Czech Republic
and Poland
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di e en ypes o o ganiza ions. In he Czech
Republic, da a collec ion ook place in he i s
hal o 2017 ( his was he hi d su ey o his
kind (2013 and 2015) and a he u n o 2017
and 2018 in Poland.
The ob ained da a was e alua ed using
Mic oso Excel 2016 and IBM SPSS . 24.
Desc ip i e s a is ics ools, co ela ion and
nonpa ame ic Mann-Whi ney U- es we e
used o e alua e he da a a signi i cance le el
p = 0.05. As a dependen a iable, he ype o
o ganiza ional cul u e (bu eauc a ic, inno a i e
and suppo i e) was chosen in his es .
In he ques ionnai e su ey’s amewo k,
1,574 ques ionnai es we e ecei ed in he
Czech Republic, 1,476 ques ionnai es we e
p ocessed (98 ques ionnai es we e excluded
om u he p ocessing due o a ious e o s
o he ques ionnai e’s incomple eness.) 433
ques ionnai es we e ecei ed in Poland and
360 ques ionnai es we e included in he
e alua ion o he same eason as he Czech
ques ionnai es (73 ques ionnai es we e
excluded). Since i has been a long- e m s udy
in he Czech Republic, mo e esponden s we e
ec ui ed, in Poland i was he i s su ey wi hin
he co-ope a ion – pilo e sion.
A mo e de ailed desc ip ion o he su eyed
sample o esponden s is gi en in Tab. 1.
I is clea om hese cha ac e is ics ha
a na owe g oup was examined in Poland, as
i was mainly ega ding esponden s unde he
age o 40, uni e si y educa ed in managemen
posi ions. F om his iewpoin , he esponden s’
sample in he Czech Republic was mo e
ep esen a i e. The sec ion de o ed o esul s will
examine how his ac a ec s he su ey esul s.
1.3 Wo k Limi a ions
The esea ch has se e al limi a ions. The main
one is esponden selec ion, as he whole
e i o y o he Czech Republic and Poland
is no co e ed om a geog aphic iewpoin .
Howe e , his de i ciency is no so c ucial, as
bo h he Czech Republic and Poland cu en ly
ha e a ela i ely homogeneous socio-economic
composi ion. Ano he su ey limi a ion is he
composi ion o esponden s in e ms o age,
highes educa ion achie ed and employmen
posi ion (as men ioned abo e). Despi e he
limi a ions, we a e con inced ha ou da a
p o ides esul s ha inc ease ou knowledge
o o ganiza ional cul u e le els in he Czech
Republic and Poland.
2. Resea ch Resul E alua ion
Now he main i ndings, o e i i ed hypo heses,
will be p esen ed. Fi s ly, he main hypo hesis
is examined, which conce ns compa ison o
he o ganiza ional cul u e index in he Czech
Republic and Poland.
2.1 Compa ison o he O ganiza ional
Cul u e Index in he Czech Republic
and Poland
H10: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e index in
he Czech Republic and Poland.
The main hypo hesis was b oken-down in o
h ee pa s, whe e i is e i i ed whe he he e is
a s a is ically signi i can di e ence be ween he
di e en ypes o o ganiza ional cul u e in he
Czech Republic and Poland.
H1.10 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he bu eauc a ic o ganiza ional
cul u e index in he Czech Republic and
Poland.
H1.20 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he inno a i e o ganiza ional
cul u e index in he Czech Republic and
Poland.
H1.30 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he suppo ing o ganiza ional
cul u e index in he Czech Republic and
Poland.
A he op o Tab. 2 he e a e O ganiza ional
Cul u e Index alues o indi idual dimensions
in he Czech Republic and Poland. A ce ain
di e ence in esul s can be seen om he
index i sel . Responden s in he Czech
Republic e alua e o ganiza ional cul u e
mo e as bu eauc a ic (15,334) o suppo i e
(14,584), less esponden s indica e i as
inno a i e (11,814). In Poland, his is basically
he opposi e. The highes index belongs o
inno a i e cul u e (15,164), hen suppo i e
(14,858) and i nally bu eauc a ic (14,700) –
he absolu e di e ences in indices a e no
as signi i can as in he Czech Republic. The
dis ibu ion o indi idual alue equencies o
indi idual dimensions in he o ganiza ional
cul u e index in he Czech Republic and Poland
is shown in he ollowing cha s (Figs. 1 and 2).
A he bo om o he able a e he pe o med
es s esul s ( e i i ca ion o pa ial hypo heses).
Based on hese esul s i can be s a ed ha
he e is a s a is ically signi i can di e ence
o 5% in he o ganiza ional cul u e index
ega ding inno a i e cul u e in he Czech
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Republic and Poland – only his hypo hesis has
been con i med. A a highe signi i cance le el,
a ce ain di e ence can also be iden i i ed in he
bu eauc a ic dimension.
Based on he esul s, he ze o hypo hesis
H1.20 was ejec ed and an al e na i e
hypo hesis was adop ed H1.21. The e is
a s a is ically signi i can di e ence in he
inno a i e o ganiza ional cul u e index in he
Czech Republic.
Due o he composi ion o esponden s
in Poland, especially ega ding uni e si y-
O ganiza ion cul u e index – o al
Bu eauc a ic Inno a i e Suppo i e
Czech Republic 15.334 11.814 14.584
Poland 14.700 15.164 14.858
Hypo hesis es
Mann-Whi ney U 249,769.500 145,930.500 251,872.500
Wilcoxon W 314,749.500 1,235,956.500 1,341,898.500
Z -1.769 -13.314 -1.535
Asymp. Sig. (2- ailed) 0.077 0.000 0.125
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Tab. 2: O ganiza ional cul u e index in he Czech Republic and Poland – hypo heses
esul s
Fig. 1: Dis ibu ion o esul s in he Czech Republic – o ganiza ional cul u e index
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educa ed esponden s in managemen
posi ions, subsequen ly, whe he his ac
had an impac on he esul ing o ganiza ional
cul u e index was e i i ed. As he ques ion is
whe he he index o o ganiza ional cul u e in
he inno a i e cul u e (dimension) in Poland
is in l uenced p ecisely by he ac ha mos
esponden s in Poland a e uni e si y-educa ed
and he e o e a e in posi ions whe e hey ha e
mo e eedom, hey can ini ia e changes; hey
can be mo e c ea i e, e c.
The e o e, whe he educa ion had an
impac on he o ganiza ional cul u e index was
e i i ed. The esul s we e compa ed only o
uni e si y-educa ed esponden s in he Czech
Republic and Poland (see Tab. 3). F om hese
esul s, we can see ha i we compa e only
uni e si y-educa ed esponden s in he Czech
Republic and Poland, he esul will be he same
– he s a is ically signi i can di e ence in he
inno a i e dimension is con i med. Simila ly,
he Job le el cha ac e is ic was e i i ed.
The e o e, we can compa e ob ained
da a, as he e is no p oo ha di e ences in
he cha ac e is ics o he examined samples
in l uence he esul s hemsel es – he
o ganiza ional cul u e indexes o he indi idual
dimensions.
2.2 O ganiza ional Cul u e Index
Compa ison in he Czech Republic
and Poland – by Gende
H20: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e index in
he Czech Republic and Poland by gende .
 H2.10 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he bu eauc a ic o ganiza ional
cul u e index by gende in he Czech
Republic / Poland.
 H2.20 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he inno a i e o ganiza ional
cul u e index by gende in he Czech
Republic / Poland.
Fig. 2: Dis ibu ion o esul s in Poland – o ganiza ional cul u e index
Sou ce: own
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 H2.30 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he suppo i e o ganiza ional
cul u es index by gende in he Czech
Republic / Poland.
Tab. 4 lis s he es esul s ega ding
whe he he o ganiza ional cul u e index
is in l uenced by he esponden ’s gende .
A s a is ically signi i can di e ence o 5% was
only demons a ed in he inno a i e dimension
(p = 0.025), and only in he Czech Republic. Men
in he Czech Republic e alua e o ganiza ional
cul u e as inno a i e wi h an a e age index
alue o 12,127, compa ed wi h women wi h
an a e age alue o an o ganiza ional cul u e
index o 11,549. Fo he o he dimensions in
he Czech Republic and Poland he in l uence o
gende was no p o en.
Based on hese esul s, he ze o hypo hesis
H2.20 was ejec ed and an al e na i e
hypo hesis was adop ed H2.21. The e is
a s a is ically signi i can di e ence in he
inno a ion o ganiza ional cul u e index by
gende in he Czech Republic.
2.3 O ganiza ional Cul u e Index
Compa ison in he Czech Republic
and Poland – by O ganiza ion Size
Fo u he p ocessing, he o ganiza ions whe e
he esponden s wo k a e di ided in o wo
g oups – up o 250 employees (including) and
o e 250 employees.
H30: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e index in
he Czech Republic and Poland acco ding o
o ganiza ion size.
 H3.10 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he bu eauc a ic o ganiza ional
O ganiza ion cul u e index – uni e si y deg ee educa ion
Bu eauc a ic Inno a i e Suppo i e
Czech Republic 15.562 11.983 15.069
Poland 14.649 15.230 14.975
Hypo hesis es
Mann-Whi ney U 67,166.000 41,187.500 73,465.500
Wilcoxon W 119,169.000 147,678.500 179,956.500
Z -2.271 -10.636 -0.243
Asymp. Sig. (2- ailed) 0.023 0.000 0.808
Sou ce: own
O ganiza ion cul u e index
Czech Republic
O ganiza ion cul u e index
Poland
Bu eauc a ic Inno a i e Suppo i e Bu eauc a ic Inno a i e Suppo i e
Men 15.287 12.127 14.643 14.621 15.305 14.977
Women 15.373 11.549 14.534 14.776 15.027 14.743
Hypo hesis es Hypo hesis es
Mann-Whi ney U 268,044.000 252,054.500 264,637.000 15,587.500 15,603.500 16,065.000
Wilcoxon W 496,194.000 573,255.500 585,838.000 31,340.500 32,439.500 32,901.000
Z -0.282 -2.248 -0.701 -0.617 -0.602 -0.132
Asymp. Sig. (2- ailed) 0.778 0.025 0.484 0.537 0.547 0.895
Sou ce: own
Tab. 3: Index o o ganiza ional cul u e in he Czech Republic and Poland
– highe educa ion
Tab. 4: O ganiza ional cul u e index in he Czech Republic and Poland by gende
– hypo heses esul s
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cul u e index acco ding o he size o
o ganiza ion in he Czech Republic / Poland.
 H3.20 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he inno a i e o ganiza ional
cul u e index acco ding o he size o
o ganiza ion in he Czech Republic / Poland.
 H3.30 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he suppo i e o ganiza ional
cul u e index acco ding o he size o
o ganiza ion in he Czech Republic / Poland.
F om he esul s shown in Tab. 5, we can see
ha he o ganiza ion size al eady has a mo e
signi i can in l uence on he o ganiza ional
cul u e e alua ion. This impac has no only
been demons a ed in an inno a i e cul u e
(dimension). On he con a y, a signi i can
s a is ical di e ence was demons a ed in
bu eauc a ic cul u e bo h in he Czech Republic
and in Poland. Responden s wo king in
o ganiza ions wi h o e han 251 employees
pe cei e o ganiza ional cul u e as mo e
bu eauc a ic han in smalle o ganiza ions.
This ac could ha e been assumed as
la ge o ganiza ions need o ha e a mo e
sophis ica ed managemen sys ems.
By con as , esponden s om smalle
o ganiza ions see hei o ganiza ions as mo e
suppo i e. This p o ed o be he same in bo h
he Czech Republic and Poland.
Based on hese esul s, he ze o hypo hesis
H3.10 was ejec ed and an al e na i e hypo hesis
was adop ed H3.11 The e is a s a is ically
signi i can di e ence in he bu eauc a ic
o ganiza ional cul u e index acco ding o
o ganiza ion size in he Czech Republic and
Poland. Fu he mo e, based on he esul s,
he ze o hypo heses H3.30 was ejec ed and
an al e na i e hypo hesis was adop ed. H3.31
The e is a s a is ically signi i can di e ence
in he suppo ing o ganiza ional cul u e index
acco ding o o ganiza ion size in he Czech
Republic and Poland. The H3.20 hypo hesis in
he Czech Republic and Poland was accep ed.
2.4 O ganiza ional Cul u e Index
Compa ison in he Czech Republic
and Poland – by Job Classi i ca ion
H40: The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he o ganiza ional cul u e index in
he Czech Republic and Poland acco ding o
he job classi i ca ion.
 H4.10 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he bu eauc a ic o ganiza ional
cul u e index acco ding o he job
classi i ca ion in he Czech Republic / Poland.
 H4.20 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he inno a i e o ganiza ional
cul u e index acco ding o he job
classi i ca ion in he Czech Republic / Poland.
 H4.30 The e is no s a is ically signi i can
di e ence in he suppo i e o ganiza ional
cul u e index acco ding o he job
classi i ca ion in he Czech Republic / Poland.
Acco ding o he hypo heses esul s (Tab. 6)
ega ding he esponden ’s employmen , i could
be said ha s a is ically signi i can di e ences a e
demons a ed o all o ganiza ional dimensions in
he Czech Republic. In Poland, on he con a y,
hey a e no p o en. Howe e , hese conclusions
should s ill be e i i ed because he e we e
mo e esponden s in he Czech Republic in he
O ganiza ion cul u e index
Czech Republic
O ganiza ion cul u e index
Poland
Bu eauc a ic Inno a i e Suppo i e Bu eauc a ic Inno a i e Suppo i e
Up o 250 14.546 11.734 14.860 13.485 15.314 15.466
O e 251 16.547 11.936 14.158 16.288 14.968 14.064
Hypo hesis es Hypo hesis es
Mann-Whi ney U 182,189.000 253,711.000 234,088.000 10,279.000 14,989.000 13,439.500
Wilcoxon W 583,149.000 654,671.000 403,159.000 31,189.000 27,235.000 25,685.500
Z -9.753 -0.788 -3.247 -5.771 -0.947 -2.532
Asymp. Sig. (2- ailed) 0.000 0.431 0.001 0.000 0.344 0.011
Sou ce: own
Tab. 5: O ganiza ional cul u e index in he Czech Republic and Poland acco ding
o o ganiza ion size – hypo heses esul s
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