ferent from that existing in diverse industries like banking, fashion, entertainment and knowledge based industries Impact of Society on Work CultureIrrespective of organizational setting, the employees may tend to work hard, feel positive towards working and consider work to be central to their identity depending on their geographical or cultural region. A very clear example is the Japanese culture that socializes its members in cultivating a work-centric culture. The Indian cultural milieu is collectivist. Hence any culture in the organization should give due consideration to the group activities to a certain extent for success.The social hierarchy existing in India makes Indians feel comfortable in the superior-subordinate framework. Once a hierarchy is established the juniors goes to any extent to please their seniors. Hierarchical relationships are maintained by taking care of those who are inferior and maintaining deference and respectful compliance to superiors. The hierarchical groups in India are very supportive and inter-dependent and this is what is termed as ‘vertical solidarity’. In India it’s the family, which is the most dominant ingroup. Even in work related matters it’s the family that a person seeks advice from. Decisions are generally made in a group and this results in Indians becoming more dependent and seeking attention, advice, support and help even in situations where they can handle it all alone. It is the family values and principles only which a person tries to extend to the organization where he/she is working. Conflict and cooperation seem to coexist in the Indian society and in Indian organization as well. In India, people give more preference to personalized relationship over contractual relationship. The formation of too many in groups out of this personalized relationship can lead to factionalism and power play and can prove to be detrimental to the organization. The preference fo...
