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A Theoretical Introduction to Organizational Tradition: An Analytical Framework Beyond Culture

Örgütsel Geleneğe Kuramsal Bir Giriş- Kültürün Ötesinde Bir Analitik Çerçeve

Ayşe Öner Çeven(YILDIZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-4349-4018
Ali Ekber Akgün(YILDIZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-5922-3266
Pages
99–105
Publication Date
2025-12-31
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Future research in this field can contribute to a better understanding of the analytical potential of organizational traditions as well as their practical implications.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study aims to examine the concept of organizational tradition within an independent analytical framework.
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Key Findings & Data:While tradition has long been discussed in the social sciences through ritual, symbol, narrative, and memory, it has often been treated as synonymous with organizational culture in organizational studies, which has overshadowed its analytical potential.
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Conclusion & Impact:Future research in this field can contribute to a better understanding of the analytical potential of organizational traditions as well as their practical implications.
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⚙️Variables:Culture · tradition · organizational tradition

Abstract

This study aims to examine the concept of organizational tradition within an independent analytical framework. While tradition has long been discussed in the social sciences through ritual, symbol, narrative, and memory, it has often been treated as synonymous with organizational culture in organizational studies, which has overshadowed its analytical potential. The study adopts a conceptual review method, systematically analyzing key literature on culture and tradition to develop a comparative framework. Within this framework, the article distinguishes between culture and tradition, highlighting the structural components of organizational tradition and its functional dimensions. Accordingly, organizational tradition is positioned not as a sub-element of culture but as a distinctive institutional structure that shapes normative orders and identity formation processes. Future research in this field can contribute to a better understanding of the analytical potential of organizational traditions as well as their practical implications.

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Bu çalışma, örgütsel gelenek kavramını bağımsız bir analitik çerçevede ele almayı amaçlamaktadır. Gelenek, sosyal bilimlerde ritüel, sembol, anlatı ve hafıza üzerinden tartışılan çok boyutlu bir olgu iken, örgütsel bağlamda çoğunlukla örgüt kültürüyle eşanlamlı olarak kullanılmıştır ve bu nedenle analitik potansiyeli gölgede kalmıştır. Çalışma, kuramsal bir derleme yöntemi benimseyerek kültür ve geleneğe dair temel literatürü sistematik biçimde incelemekte ve kavramsal bir karşılaştırma çerçevesi geliştirmektedir. Bu çerçevede kültür ve gelenek arasındaki kavramsal ayrım ortaya konulmakta; örgütsel geleneğin yapısal bileşenleri ve işlevsel boyutları tartışılmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, örgütsel gelenek yalnızca örgüt kültürünün bir alt unsuru değil, normatif düzenleri ve kimlik üretim süreçlerini şekillendiren özgün bir kurumsal yapı olarak konumlandırılmaktadır. Gelecekte bu alanda yapılacak çalışmalar, örgütsel geleneklerin analitik potansiyelinin daha iyi anlaşılmasına ve pratikte değerlendirilmesine katkı sağlayabilir.

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Çeven, A. Ö., Akgün, A. E. (2025). A Theoretical Introduction to Organizational Tradition: An Analytical Framework Beyond Culture. Yildiz Social Science Review, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2, 99–105. https://doi.org/10.51803/yssr.1812616

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