Konsten att bibehålla en organisationskultur med anställda som kombinatörer

Sammanfattning: Organizational culture is a widely discussed topic. Today job mobility in society is increasing as well as part-time employment. This study aims at investigate how organizational culture is maintained in an organization where employees work as combiners of different work occupations. The study is a case study of the department of Art at Konstfack (The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design). The organization is unique in the respect to that the majority of the employees have part-time employments within Konstfack combined with their parallel own artistic occupations. In this way, the individuals can be seen as combiners of these two careers. By using a qualitative research method, the study shows that the main factors for maintenance of the culture are common basic assumptions, values and believes as well as artifacts held within the organization. The study also shows that maintenance of the culture is related to the integration among the different areas, such as the teaching post, profession as an artist and the environment. Leadership can be seen as one critical factor for successful maintenance of the culture as well as the common view of prioritization the creation of a highly qualified education.