The Impact of Organizational Culture on Outsourcing Choice

Abstract

Culture is a very wide concept if applied to entrepreneurial organizations, but it is also one of the most powerful drivers of entrepreneurial behaviour and choices. This paper is going to explore the impact of the organizational culture on outsourcing choices, providing conceptual insights in order to understand better the way the organizational culture can influence the evaluation of the factors conditioning the outsourcing decision. Even though the choice of outsourcing is mainly based on rational factors, the findings show that organizational culture could have a relevant influence on attitudes towards outsourcing, either in the choice planning and making stage or in the implementation one referring to the nature and to the structure of the client-vendor relationship. Methodologically, this paper is conceptual and based on reviewing existing research, and strives to contribute to existent literature putting together the theoretical concerns about organizational culture and strategic outsourcing.