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Workplace Culture: Chapter 7 Workplace Culture: Developing a shared value and normative system. Cultures emerge organically and often cannot be forced. Cultures emerge from interactions among the people at the paid workplace. Functions of Workplace Culture 1) Socializes new workers to formal and informal work codes. 2) Help preserve workers’ rights in the face of hostile customers and managers. 3) Protect workers from outsiders. Workplace Cultures are often Gendered/Racialized, etc 1) And are created by employers by: Intentionally or unintentionally hiring groups based on stereotypes For example: marines make men out of boys, cocktail waitresses. Hooters: Imagine a restaurant called Cocks, with a rooster shaped like a penis and bare-chested men serving food. Workplace Cultures are often Gendered/Racialized, etc 2) And are Created by workers: WOMEN: Celebrate private life at work: birthdays, engagements, etc. WHY? This can be resistance by creating community, avoiding high productivity and denying bosses’ or male co-workers perception of women’s work as menial. Workplace Cultures are often Gendered/Racialized, etc 2) And are created by workers: MEN: Like women, cultures created by men foster solidarity and hence resistance to exploitation. Men continued Some cultures created by men, however, can create detrimental exclusions that foster racism and/or sexism For example, white males resisting African American males in the early twentieth century. Men Continued…. Stan Gray’s article shows what about workplace culture? How can workers and managers use this information to build an “inclusive” workplace culture? * * * *