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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Regeneration in Seasonal Organizations : A Case Study of the Seasonal (re)creation of Astrid Lindgren’s World as “the same”

Erlandsson, Renée, Isaksson Edstrand, Ann-Sofie January 2015 (has links)
Background Explore the mystery of seasonal organizations and how they are able to (re)create themselves as “the same” after a period of dormancy. Aim To find out the organizational mechanisms that enables such (re)creation. Methodology This qualitative study was done at Astrid Lindgren’s World, a seasonal organization open from mid-May until the beginning of November. The study conducted ten interviews with both permanent and seasonal employees to find out how a year in the organization looked like to later be able to identify the seasonal mechanism. Findings This study has provided seven organizational mechanisms that are vital for Astrid Lindgren’s World to (re)create itself as “the same” from season to season. Concepts Regeneration: the process of reproducing a seasonal organization as “the same” from season to season.(Re)create: The creation of an organization that has previously been existent.“The same”: Due to individuals being subjective an organization cannot completely be (re)created as exactly the same, but rather very similar.

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