Employee Identification with the Organization’s Value Orientation
Employee Identification with the Organization’s Value Orientation

Author(s): Martina Falvey, Lenka Komárková, Miloslava Hiršová
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: organizational identification; value orientation; recruiting; Schwartz Value Survey; HR management;
Summary/Abstract: Organizational identity and the subsequent identification with the organization are abstract constructs that touch upon the consequences, but also the causes of specific manifestations of social interaction with the environment. Values are the very thing based on which standards and criteria that stand for the selection and evaluation of specific individuals, events or procedures are constructed. This paper demonstrates that there is a relationship between the value ladder of members of the organization and the organization's value orientation. It also suggests that the level of identification with the organization, unlike the position of the individual in the organization, is an important factor in exploring the organization's own value orientation as well as its relation to the value orientation of its members. A multistep scale questionnaire based on the Schwartz Value Survey and his Portrait Value Questionnaire was used as the data gathering instrument. The data obtained from the questionnaire survey were statistically evaluated using multiple linear regression analyses. The way in which members of the organization arrange the value ladder provides a possible perspective for viewing the psychological link between the individual and the organization. We believe that this knowledge could be used when recruiting suitable staff, compatible with the organization in a long-term perspective.

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