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Organizational Culture and Workplace Communication: The Relationship of Organizational Culture and Leader-Member Exchange
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Abstract
Organizational culture and the leader-member exchange (LMX) were two recognized factors that can influence the job satisfactory, working out come and even the success of a modern company. This study aims at investigating how organizational communication can influence the leader-member exchange. By deeply observation and interviewing leaders and members in a Chinese company-Smart Education Company, the study finds out that a powerful but still benevolent boss has the most impact on the exchange process. Other different cultural dimensions can influence the leader-member exchange in different ways. All kings of exchange can be influenced by organizational culture.
Keywords
Organizational culture, LMX, GLOBE cultural dimensions
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Qian,Y. (2021). Organizational Culture and Workplace Communication: The Relationship of Organizational Culture and Leader-Member Exchange. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,1,16-29.
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