Octapace Culture Profiling - A Study among Employees Working in a Legal Compliance Firm in Madurai

Every human being has certain personality traits which help them stand apart from the crowd. No two individuals behave in a similar way. In the same way organizations have certain values, policies, rules and guidelines which help them create an image of their own. An individual working for any organization with a firmly established culture will be trained on values, beliefs, and expected behaviors of that organization. Employees are affected by culture in which they live. Employees working in organizations may be from different cultures which may be a big obstacle in their working environment. There is some evidence that variations in cultural values may have a significant impact on employee turnover and possibly employees' job performance.

This study is an attempt to understand the cultural ethos using OCTAPACE (openness, confrontation, trust, authenticity, pro-action, autonomy, collaboration and experimentation) profile (studies how much each ethos is valued and believed by the individuals) in a legal compliance firm in Madurai. This is a descriptive research and a census study drawing all employees working in EC and accounts department of the firm. From the study it was observed that irrespective of qualification of respondents confrontation is high whereas trust and autonomy are low.