Impact of Organizational Culture on Career Development of Women Employees in Hotel Industry: Special Reference to Northern Province
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2020
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the impact of organizational culture on career
development of women employees in hotel industry. Based on a comprehensive literature
review, the authors adopted five dimensions of Hofstedeās organizational culture namely,
power distance, collectivism, masculinity versus femininity, uncertainty avoidance and
long-term orientation and their influence to study how organizational culture could
influence the career development of women employees in hotel industry. The study
mainly considered the primary data. The primary data were collected through a structure
questionnaire with 140 respondents from selected hotels in Northern province. Univariate
and bivariate techniques were used in the data analysis. The results showed that
organizational culture highly impacted on the career development of women employees.
Furthermore, the dimensions of collectivism showed a high positive and significant
impact on career development of women employees. The findings of this study have
various managerial implications for hotels and other industries.
Keywords: Power distance, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity /Femininity, Long term
orientation & career development
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Hospitality Management, Tourism Industry, Tourism Management, Event Management, Human Resource Management