Subcultures in large companies: An exploratory analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is the exploratory study of the existence of subcultures in Spanish companies. Determining the main descriptive characteristics, number and composition and its relation to certain processes and organizational variables. An empirical study has been performed, which involved senior managers from large companies, showing a description of existing subcultures and departments to which more often associated to these subcultures, which for the purposes of this study are defined by those departments that by their actions, expressions and attitudes are different from the rest of the organization. This work also identifies several lines of future work. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.