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

Artikel

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 Russianowned and state-owned companies. Akerlof's model therefore helps explain Russian workers' changing behaviour.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Human Resource Management Journal ; ISSN: 1748-8583 ; Volume: 21 ; Year: 2011 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 415-431 ; Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: employee entrepreneurship ; implicit gift exchange ; labour contracts ; transition

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Croucher, Richard ; Rizov, Marian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wiley Blackwell ; ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (where): Hoboken
• (when): 2011

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00184.x
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/183196
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET