[send_computers]

At the heart of it though there is a good point, the culture of a workplace can determine how developers operate. That's it but the full picture is: The culture of a workplace determines how everyone operates.

Managers do not 'set' the culture and drive workers with amateur psychology, although they might like to think they do. Whenever I see the attempts to control how I operate in the workplace, I play along and go back to work... worked out so far.

In saying that I have worked in places with culture that I liked and places with a culture I disliked, my work has always been the same, but my attitude differs.

[sridca]

But how can your work be the same if attitude (ultimately) affects the work produced?

[AstralStorm]

But how can your attitude be the same if the work you're tasked to produce determines your attitude?

Chicken, meet egg. People usually want agency and most would accept responsibility. When you get ordered around and your input is ignored or objectives abruptly changed, the result is loss of morale. Even techniques to deal with it can and will be perverted.