Cultural Tightness in Organizations: Investigating the Impact of Formal and Informal Cultural Tightness on Employee Creativity

• Main Authors: CHUA, Roy Y. J., ZHAO, Na, HAN, Meng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: cultural tightness; organization theory; creativity; innovation; Malaysia; Philippines; Asian Studies; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7497; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8496/viewcontent/CulturalTightness_OBHDP_2024_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper delineates cultural tightness into formal versus informal aspects to depict the strength of norms and the extent of sanctions emanating from both formal and informal norms. Organizations with high formal cultural tightness regulate behaviors through explicit written norms and official san...