Which of the following is an accurate conclusion from the "Organizational Culture and Organizational Effectiveness: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Competing Values Framework's Theoretical Suppositions" study involving the culture of 1,000 companies?
A)An organization's culture does not matter.
B)Employees prefer market cultures.
C)Managers can use elements of these cultures to boost innovation and quality.
D)Changing the organizational culture generally boosts financial performance.
E)Adhocracy cultures produce better results.

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25 years of research on the relationship between organizational culture and various measures of organizational effectiveness demonstrated that the eight types of organizational outcomes had significant and positive relationships with clan,adhocracy,and market cultures,especially with the outcomes of job satisfaction and organizational commitment.One general conclusion was that managers can build into their organizations characteristics of some or all of these three cultures-clan,adhocracy,and market-to increase innovation and improve the quality of their products.

Which of the Following Is an Accurate Conclusion from the "Organizational