Towards a New Russian Work Culture : Can Western Companies and Expatriates Change Russian Society?

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword to the English edition -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter I. Competition of cultures in the newest international division of labor -- Chapter II. Foreign professionals (expatriates) in national economies -- Chapter III. External and internal origins of the Russian work culture -- Chapter IV. The role of foreign and foreigners in Russian state-building -- Chapter V. Demand of the Russian economy for foreign human capital -- Chapter VI. Social criteria for evaluating the role of foreign professionals in Russian society -- Chapter VII. The cultural distance between Russian and foreign professionals -- Applying quantitative methods to measure cultural differences as a research task -- We" and "they" face to face: the cultural distance within multinational work teams in Russia -- Summary of findings -- Chapter VIII. Effectiveness of business and cultural exchange in the segment of highly skilled labor -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Information about the authors -- Appendix 1. Qualitative research tools -- Appendix 2. CVSCALE methodology in the original and translated into Russian.

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