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Vilkensen, Marte Lie (2006):

Creating a corporate culture in a multinational corporation : the case of Statoil

Norges Handelshøyskole

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Type of publication:

Hovud-/magister-/masteroppgåve

Link to publication:

https://openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/169145/Vilkensen%20Marte%202006.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Link to review:

https://openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/handle/11250/169145

Number of pages:

81

Language of publication:

Engelsk

Country of publication:

Norge

NSD-reference:

5382

This page was last updated:

31/7 2024

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Summary:

• The purpose of this dissertation is to look at the creation of corporate culture
through the use of corporate trainee programs.
• Statoil is the company used as the example.
• The study was done through qualitative research by interviewing four
international trainees at two different times; first after they had been in Statoil
for 3 months, then after 9 months in their job.
• The theory on corporate culture used for this thesis is Organizational Culture
and Leadership, by Edgar H. Schein.
• The theory on national culture used is Hofstede’s 4 cultural dimensions
• The interviews are divided according to subjects and questions