Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
Committee Chair
Kristin Weger
Committee Member
Jodi Price
Committee Member
Bryan Mesmer
Subject(s)
Corporate culture, Organizational behavior, Cost control
Abstract
Affordability has been a growing interest in organizations over the years. Though affordability is an ever-present issue within organizations, there is a lack of research surrounding affordability culture as an organizational subculture. The current study aims to close this research gap by identifying organizational aspects associated with affordability in which current organizational practices can be evaluated by organization members. To accomplish this goal, 346 participants from NASA, industry, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville were surveyed to understand the organizational aspects associated with affordability. Results indicated that students tended to evaluate affordability in terms of budgets and funding, whereas NASA and industry respondents tended to evaluate affordability in terms of the organizational behaviors associated with affordability. Results from this study can be used to inform organizations of employee perceptions regarding current organizational behavior related to affordability.
Recommended Citation
Yeazitzis, Taylor, "Affordability culture in organizations" (2023). Theses. 520.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/520