MGNT803: Critical Analysis of Articles on Organizational Culture

This assignment presents a critical analysis of two journal articles focusing on organizational climate and culture. The first article by Schneider, Ehrhart, and Macey (2013) explores the evolution of organizational climate through social information processes and its relationship with organizational culture, highlighting the impact of organizational practices and policies. The second article by Schneider et al. (2017) discusses the history of organizational climate and culture research, distinguishing four major periods and tracing the shift in focus from organizational climate to organizational culture. The analysis compares and contrasts these articles, noting their shared emphasis on the interplay between organizational culture and climate and their contributions to understanding leadership activities and future research directions. This report underscores the importance of organizational culture on the climate within the concerned organization.

Running head: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES
Name of the Student
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Author Note

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Table of Contents
Article 1...............................................................................................................................2
Article 2...............................................................................................................................3
Comparing and contrasting the articles...............................................................................4
References............................................................................................................................5

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Article 1
Schneider, B., Ehrhart, M. G., and Macey, W. H. 2013. Organizational climate and
culture. Annual review of psychology, 64, 361-388.
Schneider, Ehrhart and Macey (2013) in the given article argue that the organizational climate
evolves through the process of the social information. The authors argue that the various
practices, procedures and the policies that are experienced by the employees as well as the
various behaviors that are expected, rewarded as well as supported by the organizations. The
article aims to discuss the relationship shared by the organizational culture as well as the
organizational climate. The article majorly deals with the literature review on the given subject
and discusses the further scope of research on the relationship that is shared within the
organizational climate as well as the organizational culture. The article is useful in my research
since it helps in the discussion of the ways in which the organizational culture might affect the
organizational climate. The given article however lacks in the areas that discuss the further
integration of the implications as well as the impacts on the issues that are related to the life
cycle of the given organizations within the industry. The article in discussion would also help me
in my research on the matters that are related to the demands of the leadership activities on the
managerial staff of the organization. The article further relates to the various cultures that are
expected to be developed within the organization with the passing stages within the organization
at large. The article would also help in throwing light on the major areas that need to be focused
on the future researches.
Article 2
Schneider, B., González-Romá, V., Ostroff, C. and West, M.A., 2017. Organizational climate
and culture: Reflections on the history of the constructs in the Journal of Applied
Psychology. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3), p.468.
Schneider et al. (2017) in the given article attempts a discussion on the history of the
organizational climate as well as the organizational culture that should be maintained within the

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organization. The concerned article aims to deal with the various previous researches that are
majorly focused on the organizational climate rather than on the organizational culture. The
authors of the article tend to focus more on the distinction of the four major periods within the
field of research and aims to discuss the matters that are linked to the climate that is evident
within the multitude of organizations that have been featuring within the global market. The
article proceeds to discuss the evolution in the researches that have been existent in the given
subjects over the passage of time. The article tends to discuss the gradual distribution of the
focus towards the organizational culture from the majorly discussed area of organizational
climate. The article mainly focusses on the major researches that were conducted on the
organizational culture and the organizational climate and thus is observed to be a congregation of
the existing researches. The article fails to propose a novel thought on the areas of research that
has been chosen for the discussion. The article is however helpful in the study of the
organizational climate as well as the organizational culture since it aims to review a huge section
within the existing literature on the research subject. The article is useful in my research since it
helps in the discussion of the ways in which the organizational culture might affect the
organizational climate. The article would also help in throwing light on the major areas that need
to be focused on the future researches.
Comparing and contrasting the articles
Schneider, Ehrhart and Macey (2013) aims a discussion on the relationship shared by the
organizational culture as well as the organizational climate. The article discusses the demands of
the leadership activities on the managerial staff of the organization. The article further attempts
to argue on the various cultures that are expected to be developed within the organization with
the passing stages within the organization at large. On the other hand, Schneider et al. (2017)
deal with the various previous researches that are majorly focused on the organizational climate
rather than on the organizational culture. The authors of the article tend to focus more on the
distinction of the four major periods within the field of research and aims to discuss the matters
that are linked to the climate that is evident within the multitude of organizations that have been
featuring within the global market. However, both the articles tend to discuss the areas of future
research in the context of the relationship that exists among the culture and the climate that exists
within the given organization in discussion. The article helped me to express my curiosity in the

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matters that relate to the impacts of the organizational culture on the climate within the
concerned organization.

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References
Schneider, B., Ehrhart, M. G., and Macey, W. H. 2013. Organizational climate and
culture. Annual review of psychology, 64, p.361-388.
Schneider, B., González-Romá, V., Ostroff, C. and West, M.A., 2017. Organizational climate
and culture: Reflections on the history of the constructs in the Journal of Applied
Psychology. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3), p.468.