THE INFLUENCE OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON MANAGEMENT CULTURE ON THE EXAMPLE OF POLISH AND UKRAINIAN INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Culture gives direction to the way of thinking about humans, provides a framework of what is considered as ways of realisation of humanity. It is always “somebody’s” culture because it is created by specific people and these people express themselves in the culture. This article concentrates on showing the influence of national culture on management culture, permeation of values from outside environment to organisational reality. The results of the research that had been carried out in the Polish and the Ukrainian organisations were analysed. In the adopted research procedure a diagnosis of cultural dimensions (power distance, individualism-collectivism, masculinity-femininity, uncertainty avoidance) and their comparative characteristics were made taking into account the criterion of nationality. The data collected during the studies of the employees of the Polish and the Ukrainian companies were given quantitative analysis. Afterwards, in-depth interviews with the managers of both these organisations were carried out. In this case, qualitative method was used. Its aim was to identify cultural features in the management of the studied subjects. It was concluded that shaping interpersonal, mutual relations between the employees and also between the employees and the management is influenced by the senior managers who lead the organisation. Therefore, they influence the formation of the management culture.