Employees’ entrepreneurial contributions to firms in Russia, 1995–2004

Croucher, Richard and Rizov, Marian (2011) Employees’ entrepreneurial contributions to firms in Russia, 1995–2004. Human resource management journal, 21 (4). pp. 415-431. ISSN 0954-5395

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Abstract

This article examines how employee self-reported entrepreneurial contributions evolved in firms operating
in Russia in 1995–2004 and whether changes can be explained by Akerlof’s theory of implicit gift
exchange in labour contracts. We find that these contributions were indeed influenced by wage premia
and shifting work norms, declining by about a half during the period and with a particularly marked
fall in contributions by manual workers. The trend was found among foreign-owned, private Russian owned
and state-owned companies. Akerlof’s model therefore helps explain Russian workers’ changing
behaviour.

Keywords:Incentives, human resource management, transition, firm data, econometric analysis, Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
Subjects:L Social studies > L140 Econometrics
N Business and Administrative studies > N220 Institutional Management
N Business and Administrative studies > N600 Human Resource Management
L Social studies > L110 Applied Economics
N Business and Administrative studies > N200 Management studies
Divisions:Lincoln International Business School
ID Code:19545
Deposited On:13 Nov 2015 09:48

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