Research Article

Individual and Occupational Differences in Perceived Organisational Culture of a Central Hospital in Vietnam

Table 3

The characteristics of hospital organisational culture by domains.

Organisational culture by key classificationsNowPreferredDifferencep (Student's t-test)

Dominant characteristic
 Clan29.0±11.833.3±13.04.3
 Adhocracy22.6±8.923.9±10.81.3
 Hierarchy23.6±9.819.9±9.7-3.7
 Market24.6±9.522.9±12.3-1.7
Organisational leadership
 Clan26.8±11.229.3±11.52.5
 Adhocracy23.6±8.724.5±9.30.9
 Hierarchy24.5±8.422.7±10.6-1.8
 Market25.1±10.623.5±10.3-1.7
Management of employees
 Clan26.8±12.132.0±13.45.2
 Adhocracy22.6±10.022.2±9.8-0.4
 Hierarchy22.4±12.118.1±9.5-4.3
 Market27.6±12.227.7±12.50.1
Organisational glue
 Clan23.8±12.030.7±12.07.1
 Adhocracy24.3±9.424.1±9.6-0.2
 Hierarchy25.4±12.119.9±9.1-5.5
 Market26.3±10.225.3±11.9-1.0
Strategic emphases
 Clan26.5±12.933.0±12.86.5
 Adhocracy24.4±9.723.1±9.9-1.3
 Hierarchy20.3±9.419.4±10.8-0.9
 Market28.4±11.724.5±11.9-3.9
Criteria of success
 Clan26.7±11.130.9±12.04.2
 Adhocracy26.6±10.924.9±9.2-1.7
 Hierarchy18.8±9.619.1±11.10.3
 Market27.5±11.525.1±11.5-2.4

; ; ; NS = not significant.