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Managerial Styles in Privately Owned Domestic Organizations in Russia: Heterogeneity, Antecedents, and Organizational Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Evgeniya Balabanova ,
Alexey Rebrov  and
Alexei Koveshnikov
Evgeniya Balabanova
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Alexey Rebrov
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Alexei Koveshnikov*
Affiliation:
Aalto University, Finland
*
Corresponding author: Alexei Koveshnikov (alexei.koveshnikov@aalto.fi)
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Abstract

Drawing on a dataset consisting of 344 personal interviews, participant observations, and internal documents collected in 26 privately owned business organizations in Russia, the study aims at complementing existing research on Russian indigenous management in three ways. First, it examines the managerial styles of key individuals (i.e. owners and/or CEOs) in the case organizations. Hence, it taps into the existing heterogeneity of managerial styles, the so-called groupvergence, found in contemporary Russian organizations, and documents their idiosyncratic features, such as the transformational nature of authoritarian leadership. Second, the study explores the antecedents of the identified styles to establish what factors contribute to their emergence and thus sheds light on how the heterogeneous managerial styles in Russian organizations come into existence. Finally, the study investigates how the identified styles manifest themselves in organizations by influencing organizational goals and strategies, organizational structures, supporting mechanisms, relationships between organizational members, and reward systems. It therefore elaborates on the organizational implications of the styles and highlights the mechanisms of their sustainable diffusion to lower organizational levels in Russian organizations.

摘要:

摘要:

利用一个包括344份个人访谈、参与观察和从26个俄罗斯私营组织搜集的内部文档的数据, 本研究旨在从三个方面对现有的俄罗斯本土管理研究做出补充。第一, 探讨这些组织中的主要个体 (即所有者和/或CEO) 的管理风格, 从而了解现代俄罗斯组织中管理风格的异质性, 即所谓的群体收敛 (groupvergence) , 并记录这些管理风格的独特性, 诸如权威领导中的转型式特点。第二, 本研究探讨所发现的管理风格的前因变量, 从而发现导致这些风格出现的因素, 揭示俄罗斯组织中的不同管理风格是怎样发生的。最后, 本研究探讨所发现的管理风格在组织中如何影响组织目标和策略、组织架构、支持机制、组织成员之间的关系、以及奖励体系等, 从而阐述管理风格的组织意义, 并强调它们对于俄罗斯组织中低层员工的长久影响。

रूस के 26 निजी स्वामित्व व्यवसायों से 344 साक्षात्कार, सहभागी अवलोकन, व दस्तावेज़ों के आंकड़ा समुच्चय के आधार पर किये गए इस शोध का लक्ष्य सम्प्रति रूसी स्वदेशीय प्रबंधन अध्ययन का तीन आयामों से पूरक होना है. सर्वप्रथम यह शोध प्रतिनिधि संगठनों के महत्त्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों (स्वामी/मुख्य कार्यकारी) की प्रबंधन शैली का परीक्षण करता है. अतः, यह पत्र सम्प्रति रूसी संगठनों में उपलब्ध प्रबंधन शैलियों की विविधता, जिसमें तथाकथित सामूहिक अभिसरण (ग्रुप कन्वर्जेन्स) समाहित है, पर नज़र डालता है, और साथ ही उसके अधिकारवादी नेतृत्व को रूपांतरण स्वरूप जैसे स्वभाव विशिष्ट तत्वों को दर्ज करता है. दूसरा, यह शोध पत्र अभिज्ञात शैलियों के पूर्वगामी तत्वों पर अनुसंधान कर उनके कारकों को निरूपित करता है जिस से उसमें पृथक प्रबंधन शैलियों के आविर्भाव पर प्रकाश डाला गया है. अंततः, यह शोध अध्ययन यह अनुसंधान करता है की किस प्रकार प्रबंधन शैलियां नियत संगठन में सांगठनिक लक्ष्य व रणनीति, संरचना, सहायक प्रक्रियाओं और सदस्यों के सम्बन्ध तथा प्रतिफल को प्रभावित कर प्रदर्शित होती हैं. यह शोध इस प्रकार प्रबंधन शैलियों के संगठनात्मक प्रभाव का ब्यौरा देता है और साथ ही रूसी संगठनों में उनके निचले स्तर पर सतत प्रसार पर प्रकाश डालता है.

Sumário:

SUMÁRIO:

Com base em um conjunto de dados composto por 344 entrevistas pessoais, observação participante e documentos internos coletados em 26 organizações empresariais de propriedade privada na Rússia, o estudo visa complementar a pesquisa existente sobre a gestão natural da Rússia de três maneiras. Primeiramente, ele examina os estilos gerenciais de indivíduos-chave (ou seja, proprietários e / ou CEOs) nas organizações dos casos. Por conseguinte, ele aborda a heterogeneidade existente de estilos gerenciais, a chamada “groupvergence”, encontrada em organizações russas contemporâneas, e documenta suas características idiossincráticas, como a natureza transformacional da liderança autoritária. Em segundo lugar, o estudo explora os antecedentes dos estilos identificados para identificar quais fatores contribuem para o seu surgimento e, portanto, lança luz sobre como os estilos gerenciais heterogêneos nas organizações russas se tornam realidade. Finalmente, o estudo investiga como os estilos identificados se manifestam nas organizações influenciando os objetivos e estratégias organizacionais, estruturas organizacionais, mecanismos de apoio, relacionamentos entre membros organizacionais e sistemas de recompensa. Ele, portanto, elabora as implicações organizacionais dos estilos e destaca os mecanismos de sua difusão sustentável para reduzir os níveis organizacionais nas organizações russas.

Аннотация:

АННОТАЦИЯ:

На основании выборки из 344 личных интервью, непосредственных наблюдений и внутренних документов из 26 частных коммерческих организаций в России, данная работа ставит своей целью дополнить существующие исследования по исконным моделям управления в России в трех аспектах. Во-первых, в этом исследовании рассматриваются стили управления, которые свойственны ключевым лицам (т.е. владельцам и/или руководителям) в изучаемых организациях. Следовательно, данное исследование подтверждает существование гетерогенности в управленческих стилях, так называемую групповую вергенцию, в современных российских организациях, а также документирует своеобразные особенности этих стилей, такие как трансформационный характер авторитарного руководства. Во-вторых, данная работа изучает предпосылки для этих стилей управления с той целью, чтобы определить, какие факторы способствуют их возникновению, и, таким образом, проливает свет на то, как возникают гетерогенные стили управления в российских организациях. Наконец, в работе исследуется, каким образом эти стили проявляются в организациях, а именно, какое влияние они оказывают на организационные цели и стратегии, организационные структуры, вспомогательные механизмы, отношения между членами организации и системы вознаграждения. Таким образом, в данной работе делаются выводы о влиянии стилей управления на организации, а также выявляются механизмы их устойчивого распространения на более низкие организационные уровни в российских организациях.

Resumen:

RESUMEN:

Basándose en una base de datos que consta de 344 entrevistas personales, observaciones de participantes y documentos internos recopilados en 26 organizaciones empresariales de propiedad privada en Rusia, el estudio intenta complementar la investigación existente en gestión autóctona de tres maneras. Primero, examina los estilos gerenciales de individuos clave (es decir, los dueños, y/o CEO) en el caso de las organizaciones. Por lo tanto, se nutre la heterogeneidad existente de los estilos de gestión, la llamada convergencia grupal, encontrada en las organizaciones Rusas contemporáneas, y documenta sus características idiosincráticas, como la naturaleza transformacional del liderazgo autoritario. Segundo, el estudio explora los antecedentes de los estilos identificados para establecer cuales factores contribuyen a su surgimiento y por lo tanto arroja luz sobre cómo los estilos gerenciales en las organizaciones Rusas llegan a existir. Finalmente, el estudio investiga como los estilos identificados se manifiestan en las organizaciones al influir las metas y estrategias organizacionales, las estructuras organizacionales, los mecanismos de apoyo, las relaciones entre los miembros organizacionales, y los sistemas de recompensa. Por lo tanto, elabora las implicaciones organizacionales de los estilos y resalta los mecanismos de su difusión sostenible a los niveles organizacionales bajos en las organizaciones rusas.

Keywords

heterogeneityindigenous managementmanagerial stylesowners/CEOsRussiatrickle-down effect异质性本土管理管理风格所有者/CEO俄罗斯涓滴效应विविधतास्वदेशीय प्रबंधनप्रबंधन शैलियाँस्वामी/मुख्य कार्यकारीरूसअन्तःस्रवण सिद्धांतheterogeneidadegestão naturalestilos gerenciaisproprietáriosCEOsRússiaefeito gotejanteгетерогенностьисконные модели управлениястили управлениявладельцы/руководителиРоссияэффект постепенного стимулированияheterogeneidadgestión autóctonaestilos gerencialesdueños/CEOsRusiaefecto de goteo
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 37 - 72
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