Affiliations: [a] Faculty of Management and Security Studies, University of Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
| [b] Faculty of Information Management, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| [c] Management Institute, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
| [d] Collegium of Management and Finance, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
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Corresponding author: Małgorzata Cieciora, Faculty of Information Management, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Koszykowa 86 St., 02-008 Warsaw, Poland. Tel.: +48 22 58 44 537; E-mail: Malgorzata.Cieciora@pja.edu.pl.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Non-public higher schools have developed dynamically since the transformative changes of 1989 and now play a remarkable role in the Polish educational market. However, the public schools are considered to be more prestigious. A study on the organizational culture of the two types of institutions should provide more insight into the nature of their effectiveness. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper is to present differences between public and non-public higher education institutions in Poland with regard to their organizational culture. METHODS:A synthetic review of the literature on organizational culture was conducted and presented. Research in the form of a survey based on Cameron and Quinn’s model was conducted in eight universities in Poland. A sample of opinions of 186 workers was gathered and analyzed. RESULTS:In Poland public universities have a predominantly hierarchical culture while their non-public counterparts function in a less hierarchical market culture. CONCLUSIONS:The findings suggest that it may be necessary to use different management systems in the two types of institutions. A further, more comprehensive research into the subject will be worth conducting.
