Based upon the theories of competing values framework, this study was to analyze the clusters of Taiwan businesses’ organizational culture, and to explore the effects of business external environment and organizational variables on cultural types and clusters.
The major findings of this study were presented below: 1. The corporate culture could be grouped into three clusters, which were weak market-driven culture, weak-comprehensive culture, and clan-driven culture. Among them, the majority of respondents was in clan-driven culture. 2. There was positive relationship between technological uncertainty and businesses’ adhocracy, market and clan culture. Furthermore, there was negative relationship between technological uncertainty and businesses’weak-comprehensive culture. 3. Organizational variables were not the major factors of cultural types and clusters. The author provided recommendation for managerial practice and further study.
