EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE CYCLE STAGES AND DIFFERENT TRAITS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

This study set out to bridge the gap in the relevant literature by exploring the relationships among organizational life cycle stages and different traits of organizational culture in the context of higher education institutions. For this purpose, perceptions were taken on both of the study variables from a total of 302 full-time senior faculty members and administrators. These employees were randomly chosen using one of the most efficient probability sampling designs i.e., disproportionate stratified. And, they were working in all 24 higher education institutions situated in Kyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Pearson correlation analysis when run on the collected date revealed that first stage of organization development substantially positive to bureaucratic culture trait. On contrary, last two stages of life cycle were highly positively associated with clan culture. Moreover, adhocracy and market types of cultures show low to moderate positive relationships to all organizational life cycle stages. Discussions of these findings including their implications followed by limitations, perspectives for future research and conclusions are presented at the end of article.