Corporations, Culture, and Commitment: Motivation and Social Control in Organizations
探讨了企业文化作为社会控制机制的含义，通过比较从宗教组织到文化型企业的案例，提出文化通过参与系统、象征性管理、同伴影响和全面奖励来产生承诺，对管理者理解战略实施和员工激励有参考价值。
The notion of corporate has received widespread attention in the past several years. But what is meant by the term and why should managers be concerned with it? Culture can be thought of as a mechanism for social control. As such, culture is important for both the implementation of strategy and as a mechanism for generating commitment among organizational members. Based on a comparison of culture organizations, ranging from cults and religious organizations to culture firms, this article argues that culture and commitment result from: systems of participation that rely on processes of incremental commitment; management as symbolic action that helps employees interpret their reasons for working; and consistent cues from fellow workers that focus attention and shape attitudes and behavior; and comprehensive reward systems that use recognition and approval. These techniques characterize strong organizations.