Relación entre la cultura organizacional y las fuentes de poder en una empresa del sector automotriz

Abstract

INTRODUCTION. For a mobility solutions company with a presence in Ecuador, the types of organizational culture, the sources of power, and the variables of organizational culture and sources of power have been correlated. OBJECTIVE. Analyze whether there is a relationship between organizational culture and sources of power in a company in the automotive sector. METHOD. Research of a quantitative nature, descriptive scope in its first phase and correlational in its second phase; finally, non-experimental and transectional design. RESULTS. The three most influential power sources are: expert, reward, and legitimate. The predominant current cultures are market and hierarchical, although the presence of a clan culture is desired. There is a correlation between the organizational culture variables and sources of legitimate and expert power. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. Finally, the causal correlations between culture and the sources of power indicate that, by working on the sources of expert and legitimate power, the current levels of organizational culture can be changed, with which the company will be able to achieve the desired culture, which will allow a proper implementation of the strategy.