ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES

Phuoc D. Nguyen

To be a good leader a leader and an organization needs to learn to create his/her own good personal and organizational values that fit different cultures and religions in different geographies. Hultman & Gellermann (2002) based on Maslow’s Model and Rokeach’s (1973) beliefs about self to establish Values Identification Survey (VIS) which included leader, team, and organizational values. A leader should have self-esteem, self-actualization, logic, self-control, dependability, self-respect, delight, and credibility values.  An organization should have power, control, routine, predictability, creativity, and risk-taking values.

Organizational values are directions to the leader, manager, and staff who use their values that fit organizational values to lead, manage, and work effectively. Pant & Ojha (2017) use the ‘values work’ notion to indicate organizational values. “Values work at the organizational level may help enhance the moral robustness of the individual manager confronted with unprecedented growth opportunities in his environment.” (p. 9). Halis et al. (2007) propose the values of entrepreneurship include power, achievement, hedonism, stimulation, self-direction, universality, benevolence, tradition, conformity, and security (as cited in Schwartz and Huismans, 1995).