Regarding the second organizational culture dimension, service firms that have a
respect for people orientation will likely adopt a humanistic approach to HRD interventions
compared with organizational cultures that do not stress this dimension. As
noted above, some definitions of OD focus on a “humanistic change on a system-wide
level” (Church et al., 1996, p. 53). As organizations with a respect for people organizational
cultural dimension value fairness and tolerance (O’Reilly et al., 1991), it is
likely that HRD interventions will promote humanistic change on a system-wide level
as opposed to enhancing individual development because individual development
might exclude others in the organization (Blake & Mouton, 1969).