Introduction: Organizational culture is an issue that has recently accede in management knowledge and in the realm of organizational behavior. The aim of this study is to survey the organizational culture of Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences from the viewpoint of faculty members based on Hofstede's model.
Methods: This study was cross-sectional and cross-sectional. All the basic science faculty members of Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and health service were the target population. A sample of 112 people was collected by random sampling. The data collection tools were demographic variables and Hofstede organizational culture questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using Spss v 16 software.
Results: 3/72% of participants were male, and 25.9% female, mean age of the sample was 26/43 years and the average work experience was 07/15 years. 24.1% of samples were couch, 50% professor assistant, 7.1% professor and 16.1% associate Professor. The following features were found in the university’s organizational culture: Cultural balance with the desire for masculinity, balancing risk appetite, balanced individualism, collectivism and relatively balanced distribution of power. There is a significant negative relation between experience and risk appetite, and the amount of masculinity /femininity are different in women and men. Field of study, management experience, the faculty member’s condition and type of faculty don’t have significant relation with organizational culture.
Conclusions: Faculty members know the organizational culture as protecting and nurturing and believe that the university have tendency to avoid injustice in addition to care for personal and social responsibility.