organizational culture in local and multinational organizational in Egypt

Abstract

A solid, robust and clearly-observed organizational culture is indispensable for organizations to achieve strong economic and financial performance in a competitive environment, as the extensive literature on organizational culture shows. As such, gaining insights as to specifics of organizational culture is of importance for practitioners and academics alike. This study contributes to the organizational literature by investigating the different types of corporate cultures observed in both local and multinational firms coexisting within the same national setting in Egypt, identifying which culture types are more dominant. The findings show that the dominant type of corporate culture in both local and multinational companies is the same (clan culture). Meanwhile, although similarities in culture type were discovered, the indicative strength of the culture types differs, and this may indicate one explanation for the perceived stronger performance in multinationals. However, it would seem that the most Organizational Culture in Local and Multinational Organizations in Egypt Dr. Mohammad M. Al-Kalyoubi ‫المجلد‬ ‫ال‬ ‫عاشر‬ ‫العدد‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ثالث‬ ‫الثاني‬ ‫الجزء‬ 9102 2 important explanatory factors may lie elsewhere. Moreover, this result clearly shows the effect of national culture on corporate culture, in terms of the impact of being located in Egypt with largely Egyptian staff in both cases.