10.5937/industrija42-6312 = The relationship between communication practice and organizational performances in organizations from Europe

Abstract

The basic goal of the research in this paper was to explore the differences between private organizations in Europe regarding their organizational performances in the context of the existence and development of communication practices. The subject of the research was the analysis of communication practice and organizational performances in private organizations in 25 European countries. The methodology of the research included the exploration of the sample from the CRANET, an international human resource management (HRM) project in the period 2008-2010. The authors used statistical techniques to prove established hypotheses: descriptive statistics, chi square and t-test. The findings of the research pointed to the statistically significant differences between private companies that inform their employees about business strategy, financial results and organization of work regarding organizational performances. Also, there were presented trends of the usage of different communication techniques in countries of Europe. Private firms in Europe usually perform direct "upward" and verbal communication between managers and employees. Regarding the internationalization of the business, authors found that companies operating mainly on international market usually inform their employees about strategy, finances and organization of work more than companies operating on local market.