Overtime is voluntary and employees have the right to refuse. There is at least one case (SEAWUSA v Trident Steel (1986) 7 ILJ 86 (IC)) where the court held that an employer can dismiss employees who persistently and unreasonably refuse to work overtime. That is even if there is no contractual obligation to do so.
Individualistic cultures are oriented around the self, independent instead of identifying with a group mentality. They see each other as only loosely linked, and value personal goals above that of the group.
âOrganizational culture is the sum of values and rituals which serve as âglueâ to integrate the members of the organization.â â Richard Perrin. Culture is a carrier of meaning. Cultures provide not only a shared view of âwhat isâ but also of âwhy is.â In this view, culture is about âthe storyâ in which people in the organization are embedded, and the values and rituals that reinforce that narrative.