The Polish Culture-Socio-Economic Features as a Basis to Create Organizations with a Knowledge-Based Culture

Polish national culture is explored from the perspective of its capacity to absorb the recommendations and requirements of organizational culture in knowledge-based, learning organizations. The issue is important because more and more Polish firms start to operate in the so-called high-tech sectors. It is observed that, mainly due to a traditional use of highly centralized mechanistic structures, high Uncertainty Avoidance, and high Power Distance, the development of an organizational culture characteristic of knowledge-based companies may be fraught with difficulties. On the other hand, somewhat ambivalent levels of individualism (a mixture of very high and very low levels) and a comparatively moderate level of masculinity may assist in the creation of the organizational culture that fits well with knowledge-based firms.