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Workplace culture

Meaning in business english, with examples

nounCore term

In business english, workplace culture means: The shared values, habits, and behavior that shape how people work, communicate, and treat each other in an organization.

In Turkish: iş yeri kültürü

How it is used

Used in HR, hiring, leadership, and employee feedback. It often relates to communication style, trust, flexibility, inclusion, and decision-making.

Example sentences

  1. During the interview, I asked about workplace culture because I wanted to know how teams handle feedback and disagreement.

    Here, the term refers to everyday norms and attitudes, not the company’s official structure or benefits package.

  2. The merger affected workplace culture, and some employees felt the new reporting style was more rigid than before.

    In this example, the phrase describes changes in shared working habits and expectations after an organizational shift.

Common collocations

  • positive workplace culture
  • shape workplace culture
  • toxic workplace culture
  • colleagueA person you work with, especially someone in the same company or the same profession as you.
  • performance reviewA regular meeting in which a manager and an employee discuss the employee's work, results and goals, often once or twice a year.

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