To Russia with love: Organizational culture of Swedish companies in Russia

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This thesis contributes to the organizational culture theories by answering the question of how organizational culture of foreign companies is adapted to the context of Russia. To obtain the answer, author has applied the model of organizational culture developed specifically for Russia by Carl Fey in 2007. This model was based on questionnaire data from multiple respondents in 200 firms in Russia. Thus, this study adds to this by conducting in-depth case studies of three Swedish MNCs to provide a fine-grained exploration of organizational culture in Russia. The model of Fey has proved very helpful and comprehensive. Its implications also held true with the exception of two findings. First, the change dimension which is adaptability and flexibility of a company was not recognized as the one most responsible for success. Being careful, stable, and getting support from a parent company was found to enhance performance more. Another finding is that i...