Edgar Henry Schein (March 5, 1928 – January 26, 2023) was a Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist who was professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management . He was a foundational researcher in the discipline of organizational behavior , and made notable contributions in the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development , group process consultation, and organizational culture . He was the son of former University of Chicago professor Marcel Schein .
2-401: Schein's model of organizational culture originated in the 1980s. Schein (2004) identifies three distinct levels in organizational cultures: The three levels refer to the degree to which the different cultural phenomena are visible to the observer. The career anchor is a part of what one finds as they clarify their self-image surrounding one's (1) needs and motives, (2) talents, and (3) values,
4-493: The anchor being set of needs, values, and talents that a person is least willing to give up when forced to make a choice. The concept is Schein's attempt to reflect the lifelong search of every human to find themselves. Schein's original research in the mid-1970s identified five possible career anchor groups: (1) autonomy/independence, (2) security/stability, (3) technical-functional competence, (4) general managerial competence, and (5) entrepreneurial creativity. Follow-up studies in
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