What is Organizational Norms

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Also called “normative dimension”, it is composed of constructs to further regulate and show how organizational structure (time independent relations), organizational interaction (standardized functioning) and organizational functions are interrelated. The name “normative” is due to the fact that in the existing organizational model the concepts in this dimension are described in term of deontic norms (i.e., statements that regulate the behaviour of social entities: what they are allowed to do - direct or indirectly -, what they are obliged to do, etc.). Learn more in: Modelling Dimensions for Agent Organizations

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Organizational Norms is a set of rules for human behavior in the organization. Organizational Norms regard information sharing as usual, correct and socially expected work place behavior (Constant et al., 1994, p.404 Learn more in: Explicit and Tacit Knowledge: To Share or Not to Share