This indigenous feel of the workplace has been analyzed and studied under a variety of labels, including “organizational character,” “milieu,” “atmosphere,” ideology,” “climate,” “culture,” “emergent system,” and “informal organization.” Our analysis of the internal workplace environment will focus on two related concepts-----organizational culture and organizational climate. Each of these notions suggests a natural, spontaneous, and human side to the organization; each suggests a natural, spontaneous, and human side to the organization; each suggests that the organizational whole is greater than the sum of its parts; and each attempts to uncover the shared meanings and unwritten rules that guide organizational behavior. 1