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. 2019 Dec 10;31(10):G146–G157. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzz111

Table 2.

Working definitions of the two aspects of culture

Concept Definition
Organizational culture ‘the pattern of shared basic assumptions-invented, discovered or developed by a given group as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration … to (teach) new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems’ [8]
Professional culture ‘Values, beliefs, attitudes, customs and behaviours attached to a profession’ [81, 82]