Benjamin Schneider is Senior Research Fellow at Valtera and Professor Emeritus of the University of Maryland.

• PrefaceThe EditorThe ContributorsPart One: Conceptual Issues1. Climate and Culture: An Evolution of Constructs2. The Meaning of Organizations: The Role of Cognition and Values3. Acculturation in the Workplace: Newcomers as Lay Ethnographers4. Strategic Context and Organizational ClimatePart Two: Methodological Issues5. Assessing Organizational Culture: The Case for Multiple Methods6. Level-of-Analysis Issues in Climate and Culture ResearchPart Three: Applying Climate and Culture Constructs7. Organizational Culture: A Key to Financial Performance?8. The Role of Climate and Culture in Productivity9. Organizational Culture: A Behavioral Perspective10. Feeling the Elephant: Culture Consequences of a Corporate Acquisition and Buy-Back11. The Climate for Service: An Application of the Climate ConstructConclusion: Organizational Climate and Culture: Two Constructs in Search of a RoleName IndexSubject Index