Examining the effect of organizational culture on high-performance work system

Organizational culture is a metaphor of organizational life that has emerged to become a significant factor strongly influencing the performance of the firm. The concept of organizational culture has received growing attention in recent years among academicians and practitioners due to that it can help a firm meet its industry needs for improved effectiveness and to fulfill the social as well as material needs of employees to create a constructive work-environment for fostering high performance working. Human capital is perceived as the most powerful assets, and hence, HR managers are trying to form and develop a number of strategies to make their people achieve high level of performance and competitive strengths. Creating a positive culture is increasingly considered as one of such strategies. This paper seeks to address the role and impact of organizational culture on high-performance work system, and to examine whether a positive organizational culture helps the firm maintain a best internal-fit and outstanding performance culture.