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What is the primary role of a persuader or promoter in a workplace?
What is the primary role of a persuader or promoter in a workplace?
What kind of reputation is created when a company has a healthy workplace culture?
What kind of reputation is created when a company has a healthy workplace culture?
What is the outcome of recognizing and acknowledging employees' work?
What is the outcome of recognizing and acknowledging employees' work?
What kind of environment is created when a company has a healthy workplace culture?
What kind of environment is created when a company has a healthy workplace culture?
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What is an important asset for attracting talented people?
What is an important asset for attracting talented people?
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What does an uplifting mission do to employees?
What does an uplifting mission do to employees?
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What is the result of having a positive and prestigious reputation?
What is the result of having a positive and prestigious reputation?
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What kind of atmosphere is created when a company has a healthy workplace culture?
What kind of atmosphere is created when a company has a healthy workplace culture?
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What is the purpose of recognizing employees' work?
What is the purpose of recognizing employees' work?
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What kind of community is created when employees are empowered?
What kind of community is created when employees are empowered?
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Study Notes
Cultures and the Workplace
- A positive work culture is essential for employees to thrive, affecting both their work and personal life.
- Hierarchical, formal, liberal, egalitarian, individualist, collectivist, cautious, strict, open, and accepting are different types of cultures.
Importance of a Positive Work Culture
- A flourishing work culture influences all aspects of a business and its people.
- Reasons why a healthy work culture is important:
- Better hiring choices: attracting and selecting employees who share the company's vision.
- Employee happiness: a positive work culture directly impacts job satisfaction and happiness.
- Employee retention: good work cultures provide stability, allowing employees to grow and reducing turnover.
- Performance quality: a positive culture motivates employees to produce high-quality work.
- Reputation: a healthy workplace culture creates a positive, prestigious reputation for the company and its employees.
Vocabulary
- Select: choose
- Be drawn to: be attracted to
- Values: ethics
- Like-minded: similar
- Compatible: similar/matching
- Satisfaction: happiness/enjoyment
- Impacts: influences/has an effect on
- Thriving: flourishing/prosperous
- Stability: constancy/firmness
- Talented: gifted
- Grow: mature
- Particular: specific
- Due to: because of
- High-quality: excellent
- Motivator: persuader/promoter
- Encourages: pushes/inspires
- Recognize: identify/acknowledge
- Creates: generates/provides
- Positive: favorable/good
- Environment: atmosphere
- Asset: advantage/strength
- Uplifting: inspiring/educational
- Empowers: enhances/enables
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Description
This quiz tests your understanding of different cultures and their characteristics in the workplace. Identify which culture is described as hierarchical, formal, liberal, egalitarian, individualist, collectivist, cautious, strict, open, or accepting.
