Ett nät av kommunikation : De interna kommunikationssystemens roll för organisationskulturen

Sammanfattning: In recent years, remote work has become increasingly common, and many companies are becoming dependent on digital communication platforms to operate. This study investigates how internal communication systems in IT companies cooperate and affect its organizational culture. Two research questions were formulated: Which aspects of the organizational culture can be considered to have a more prominent role in the companies' use of internal communication systems? As well as: What function do communication systems have for the organization's culture? To answer these questions, 14 qualitative interviews were conducted at three IT companies based in Stockholm, Sweden. The study was based on Johnson and Schole's (1992) theoretical framework the cultural web, and was analyzed with an additional focus on terms such as identification and information management. Through an abductive approach the data collection resulted in insights into employee's use of systems and corporate cultures. The conclusion showed, among other things, that routines and rituals, the company's core values and the control systems had a prominent role in the use of internal communication systems. The routines worked to increase employee identification with the company, however limited to the work group. The company's core values functioned as a story, which guided the employees in how they should both work with their customers and colleagues. The control systems had an essential role in the use of communication systems as it maintained the desired behavior despite the digital format. Finally, it emerged that the function of the communication systems for the cultures of the organizations was that it enabled a culture at a distance. With the help of the system, the culture was maintained in a digital format where it was independent of where the employees were located and the physical walls of the office.