The Role of Organizational Culture on Women's Leadership in Organizations in Switzerland

Abstract

Each organization is defined by its own culture, formed by the key stakeholders. For some companies, it is considered as male culture being aggressive, whereas other companies tolerate different organizational beliefs. For sure, the organizational culture reflects on the values of all its members. It affects human resource practices also. How people are selected in interviews and how their career planning is performed reflects also the company values. It is considered that the performance of the companies measured by the revenues and turnover of staff depend on the leaders in the organization. The following hypotheses have been formulated: 1. Women's leadership positively affects the organizational culture of organizations based in Switzerland. 2. Women's leadership positively affects organizational values of organizations in Switzerland. 3. Women's leadership positively affects organizational conditions of organizations in Switzerland. 4. Women's leadership positively affects the organizational environment of organizations based in Switzerland.