Values are fundamental to organisations. Considered key determinantsof attitudes, work behaviour and decision-making, values in organisa-tions have emerged as a topic of growing interest among organisationalscholars and practitioners. By signifying what is desirable or appropriate,values guide the choice of action. However, they do not offer precise orstandardised prescriptions of actions. Orga…
Values are essential to understand but difficult to define. As any set of acts in everyday work is value-driven (Askeland et al., 2020), values can be understood as ‘that which is worth having, doing, and being (i.e., norma-tive goods or “ends”)’ (Selznick, 1992, p. 60). However, if you ask organ-isational members to define their values or elaborate on their organisation’s…