Organizational culture is formed through repeated interactions between members of the organization, bringing
together the beliefs and values of individuals who compose it. There are strong paradigmatic factors that customize
organizational culture, such as: leadership style and decision-making manner, level of formality, organizational
structure, and almost all systems that provide value and support for a particular type of work and behaviour. The
organization meets a series of human needs: affiliation (explained by the fact that members receive affection from
colleagues), psychosocial comfort, social recognition, and fulfilment. As regards motivation for work, teachers of
the investigated organization show self-fulfilment motivation, followed by well-developed economic motivation and
poorly represented social motivation. As regards workplace motivational valences, the university is perceived as a
means of satisfying self-fulfilment needs to an average extent, economic needs to an average to small extent and
social needs to a small extent. There were no differences between motivational valences and teachers’ expectations
as regards their workplace. As regards existing organizational culture, power-type culture comes first, followed by
role-type culture. In terms of desired organizational culture there is a need for change, given the preference for
support and task-type culture.