Jonsons Byggnads AB : Cultural changes after an external sale

Sammanfattning: Many family businesses will have to change owner during the coming years as those born in the 1940s will retire. Due to the fact that the younger generations follow their own pro-fessions and are not always interested in taking over the family business, complications may occur for the owner manager. In such cases the owners will have to take another action in passing over the company.The case of Jonsons Byggnads AB is a clear example of where the previous owner‟s sons followed their own passion of profession and were not interested to take over the family firm, which had been operating for around 50 years. This resulted in an external sale of the corporation to Fadi Babil, who today is the new sole owner of the company.This thesis will investigate how Jonsons Byggnads AB´s culture has been influenced by the external sale. What factors have changed within the company and why these changes oc-curred, are further discussed issues.A case study approach was chosen to achieve the purpose. Through a qualitative method an analysis will be implemented on the empirical data with the use of theoretical frame-work. The case concerns the corporate culture in Jonson‟s Byggnads AB. The empirical da-ta was collected through interviews and a survey.The results from the interviews and surveys showed that changes in Jonsons Byggnads AB‟s organizational culture have occurred. These changes have not harmed the company in any specific way although one can notice that the company is more focused on success and expansion of the company.