企业文化【外文翻译】

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1、外文翻译原文：CorporatecultureWhenstudyingcorporatecultureinthesenseofsharedbeliefsandvalues,itisimportanttodistinguishtwodimensions.Thefirstdimensionisthestrengthoftheculture,thatis,thedegreetowhichthesebeliefsandvaluesareshared.Itisthisculturalstrengththathasbeenthefocusofthisarticleandthathasalsorece

2、ivedthemostattentionintheliteratureoncorporateculture.But—whereasculturalstrengthhasanimpactonfirmperformance—itistheseconddimensionwhichoftenseemstohavethelargerimpactonfirmperformance:thecontentoftheculture,thatis,whatthesepeoplebelieveandvalue.Inwhatfollows,Inowconsiderthisarticle’simplication

3、sforthecontentofcorporateculture.Ishow,inparticular,thatthemanagerhasanimportantinfluenceonthecontentofherfirm’scultureandthatafirm’sculturetendstopersistovertime,evenwhenalloriginalmembersofthefirmhaveleft.TheworkingpaperVandenSteen(2004)alsoshowswhydifferentfirmsmaydevelopdifferentculturesandwh

4、yculturesmaybesuboptimalevenwhenfirmshaveunlimitedopportunitytolearnfromexperience.Themanager’sinfluenceonculture.Tocapturethecontentdimensionof“corporatecultureassharedbeliefs,”Iwouldliketodefineafirm’sculturetobethatcourseofactiononwhichmostemployeesagreeasthebestcourseofaction(atthepointintime

5、whentheyhavetochooseanaction).Withafinitenumberofemployees,however,suchactionmaynotexist.Iwillthereforeformallydefineacourseofactionactobethefirm’scultureiftheprobability—overthedistributionofemployeebeliefs—thattwoemployeesagreeonacasthebestcourseofactionishigherthantheprobabilitythattheyagreeon

6、anyotherparticularaction.Asthenumberofemployeesgoestoinfinity,thisdefinitionalmostsurelycoincideswiththeactiononwhichmostemployeesagreeasthebestcourseofaction.Myfirstresultisthenthatafirm’scultureisinfluencedbyitsmanager’sbeliefs.Iwillshowinparticularthat—underreasonableconditions—themanager’sact

7、iona˜Mismorelikelythananyotheractiontobecomethefirm’sculture(i.e.,thebeliefmostlikelytobeshared).Inthescreeningmodel,thisistrivialbecausethemanagerscreensaccordingtoherpriorbeliefs.Theinterestingresulthereisthatitalsoh