Cultural Values and Impression Management in the Bahraini Public Sector

Cultural diversity has a profound influence on organizational behavior, yet empirical evidence from the public sector in the Arab Gulf remains limited. This chapter investigates how nationality, religion, and other diversity factors influence cultural values and impression management within Bahrain's Works Affairs Institution. Using Hofstede's Values Survey Module 2013 (VSM13) and SPSS-based quantitative analysis, the study examines fifteen diversity variables, nine of which showed statistically significant—though mostly moderate—associations with Hofstede's cultural dimensions. Nationality and religion emerged as the strongest predictors of cultural orientation, while generational cohort had a negligible impact, countering the popular narrative of generational determinism. The findings reveal an organizational culture marked by extreme collectivism, low power distance, and high indulgence, reflecting both traditional norms and evolving modernization patterns.