Zach recently got his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry and was fortunate to be asked to join a lab at a prestigious eastern university. After a month on the job, he remarked to another graduate student at his former university that the spirit of help and cooperation at the lab was remarkable. He enjoyed going to work each day and sometimes exchanged calls with other lab partners in the evening with ideas to improve each other's experiments. Zach remarked, "Now I know why this lab is considered one of the best in the nation!" Zach is referring to:
A) the formal organization.
B) the inverted organization.
C) the balanced organization.
D) the organizational culture.

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Zach's comments about the spirit of help and cooperation and the overall positive work environment suggest that he is referring to the organizational culture of the lab. While the lab may have a formal organizational structure as well, it is the organizational culture that has made a strong impression on Zach.

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