%0 Journal Article
%T Time in Organizational Space: The Perspective of Employees of a Cultural Organization
%A Halska-Pionka, Bogna
%J Culture Management
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/20843976ZK.22.017.16406
%N Volume 23, Issue 3
%P 273-296
%K narrative collage, time management, employees of cultural institutions, heritage of cultural institutions
%@ 1896-8201
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-w-kulturze/article/czas-w-przestrzeni-organizacyjnej-perspektywa-kadr-kultury
%X 
	Cultural institutions are exceptional spaces where time gains new meanings. By interacting with stakeholders, responding to the needs declared by potential recipients, and setting trends – they become active participants in the process of shaping and giving meaning to cultural heritage, of which one of the most important components is also time. Therefore, it turns out that employees of cultural institutions are responsible not only for managing themselves but for managing the processes taking place within an organization as well, moreover they are also obliged to closely observe the dynamically changing world.

	This text aims to diagnose and describe the importance of time – according to employees – in working in cultural institutions. To prepare the article, the author used the research conducted for the purposes of her thesis entitled Time management – aporia or utopia? In line with the adopted methodological

	strategy, the method of narrative collage was used, consisting of collecting fictional stories from employees of cultural organizations. The analysis of the obtained research material made it possible to diagnose the challenges faced by cultural institutions, related to, inter alia, inadequate financing, failure of taking into account the individual needs and expectations of employees and chaos in the working time organization.