TY - JOUR
T1 - Organisational power, cohesiveness and culture of Taiwan’s cosmetology industry
AU - Wu, Mingchang
AU - Kesa, Deni Danial
AU - Ko, Chen Ju
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgement: This research was funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia – Grant Number: NKB.1676/UN2.R3.1/ HKP.05.00/2019.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, University of Malaya. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This study aims to examine the influential paths and internal relationships of organisational power, organisational culture and organisational cohesiveness. Design/Methodology/Approach: The Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) is used to analyse the survey data collected from 222 practitioners who are from five cosmetology industries based in Taiwan. Research findings: This study reveals that: (1) both organisational power and organisational culture individually creates significant impacts on organisational cohesiveness, and (2) organisational culture plays an important role as a mediator between organisational power, and organisational cohesiveness. Theoretical contribution/Originality: This finding encourages the need for more positive organisational culture to be built to enhance organisational cohesiveness which contributes to the achievement and performance of both the individuals and the organisations at large. Practitioner/Policy implications: The interactive factors’ effect overwhelms the single-factor effect, where individuals develop their organisational cohesiveness, even if each single factor functions separately. In reality, organisational culture needs to be the first priority factor to be developed in a workplace so as to build cohesiveness. Research limitations/Implications: This study is conducted based on a fundamental assumption, hence the limitation lies in that the surveyed sample may or may not fully understand the question/ items provided in the questionnaire. This could affect the level of honest answers revealed through their perceptions. Future studies may consider taking the qualitative approach.
AB - Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This study aims to examine the influential paths and internal relationships of organisational power, organisational culture and organisational cohesiveness. Design/Methodology/Approach: The Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) is used to analyse the survey data collected from 222 practitioners who are from five cosmetology industries based in Taiwan. Research findings: This study reveals that: (1) both organisational power and organisational culture individually creates significant impacts on organisational cohesiveness, and (2) organisational culture plays an important role as a mediator between organisational power, and organisational cohesiveness. Theoretical contribution/Originality: This finding encourages the need for more positive organisational culture to be built to enhance organisational cohesiveness which contributes to the achievement and performance of both the individuals and the organisations at large. Practitioner/Policy implications: The interactive factors’ effect overwhelms the single-factor effect, where individuals develop their organisational cohesiveness, even if each single factor functions separately. In reality, organisational culture needs to be the first priority factor to be developed in a workplace so as to build cohesiveness. Research limitations/Implications: This study is conducted based on a fundamental assumption, hence the limitation lies in that the surveyed sample may or may not fully understand the question/ items provided in the questionnaire. This could affect the level of honest answers revealed through their perceptions. Future studies may consider taking the qualitative approach.
KW - Cosmetology industry
KW - Organisational cohesiveness
KW - Organisational culture
KW - Organisational power
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U2 - 10.22452/ajba.vol12no2.8
DO - 10.22452/ajba.vol12no2.8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077391199
SN - 1985-4064
VL - 12
SP - 211
EP - 232
JO - Asian Journal of Business and Accounting
JF - Asian Journal of Business and Accounting
IS - 2
ER -