摘要：AbstractThe paper is concerned with the investigation of organization culture and it sees organization as a complicated social mechanism, which is an especially topical issue in matters of state administration. Many researchers consider that organization culture is the principal potential for the survival of an institution, because organization culture is a factor that creates a sense of security and stability among the employees, it shows why people become members of this organization, how their mutual relationships are formed, what norms and principles of organization life and activities they adhere to; what, to their mind, is good or bad, and what image about the organization in general they present to a wider public. Besides, the quality of organization culture, being a substantially specific essence that affects the employees’ motivation, often shows how the organization copes with the problems of external adaptation and internal integration.The authors of the paper study these essential issues in relation to the problem concerning the competence and ability of contemporary women to occupy leading and important positions, which is often questioned in the labor market. The prevailing opinion as well as the existing perceptions and stereotypes about a male as a more capable organization or institution manager than a female, and also the perception that there is a connection between gender-roles and the quality of organization culture served as the basis for the selection and detailed analysis of this research theme.The “OCAI” methodology developed by Quinn and Cameron (Cameron, Quinn, 1999) was applied in the research on organization culture. The authors analyze the connection of organization culture with gender-roles of managers in various institutions of Latvia and evaluate other criteria of the organization profile as well – determine the criteria of the organization effectiveness, clearness of strategic goals, award system, the prevailing atmosphere in the organization, whether the organization complies with its goals or whether the culture of the organization has to be changed so that it should comply with its goals and should be effective.The research comprised 20 various state and local-government institutions with similar spheres of activity – 10 of them were managed by men, 10 – by women. Besides, the research involved 357 respondents: 174 employees – women, 183 employees – men. To make a more detailed analysis of the data, all respondents were subdivided into 3 age-groups: the 1st group – from the age of 25 to 34; the 2nd group – from the age of 35 to 44; the 3rd group – older than 45.To help the institution managers better understand their professional activity at creating the organization culture of the institution, in this research, the authors of the paper underline the role of gender differences and the influence of the employees’ age- criterion at resolving such problems.
关键词：manager;gender roles;gender differences;organization culture;quality of organization culture
