Human Resource Management in Russia: Some Unwritten Rules

• Main Author: Denisova-Schmidt, Elena
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: Department für Fremdsprachliche Wirtschaftskommunikation, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business 2011
• Subjects: RVK QV 578; Soviet HR practices / unwritten rules / labour framework / Russia / Russland / Humanvermögen / Personalentwicklung
• Online Access: http://epub.wu.ac.at/3153/1/08%2Ddenisova_endversion.pdf

In spite of the fact that Western companies have been actively developing the Russian market over the last twenty years, they are still faced with the Soviet-era heritage in human resource management. This paper gives an overview of the common Soviet human resource practices of the past. Understanding traditional human resource practices in the Soviet Union prior to the end of communism will help practitioners to design human resource management systems for Russia more efficiently today. Moreover, this article makes recommendations for HR professionals on some unwritten rules of human resource management, summarizes current best practices for the recruitment, selection and retention of employees and helps to reduce potential cultural misunderstandings and conflicts between the two different systems: market and planned economies.(author's abstract) === Series: WU Online Papers in International Business Communication / Series One: Intercultural Communication and Language Learning