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the hypothesized relationship between culture and financial performance, culture also has e to be viewed as ponent of other organizational effectiveness or success models (Flamholtz and Randle, 1998, 2000). It has been theorized that the role of culture, as part of a six factor framework, explains organizational effectiveness and, in turn, financial performance (Flamholtz, 1995。 Flamholtz and Randle, 1998, 2000). Specifically, culture has been viewed as a critical organizational development area, or key strategic building block, of successful organizations. This framework has, in turn, been supported by further empirical research (Flamholtz and Aksehirli, 2000).Research QuestionThe general research question this article addresses is: Is there a relationship between a corporate culture and the financial performance of an organization? There was also a more specific research question in the context of this study. We were interested in determining the relationship between: (1) the extent to which people in the divisions accepted the stated culture of the pany and (2) the pany’s financial performance.ResultsThe data derived and used in this parison are shown in a graph in Figure 3. The xaxis shows a ‘divisional agreement with corporate culture score.’ This is a measure of the degree of similarity between the desired corporate culture and the culture perceived to exist in each division. It can be viewed as a measure of cultural ‘buyin’ by the divisions. The yaxis presents EBIT values for the various divisions.6 / 7