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| Author: | Roberts, K. (et al.) |
| Title: | Post-Soviet management: Evidence from Kazakhstan |
| Journal: | Journal for East European Management Studies (JEEMS)
2003 : VOL. 8:3, p. 319-331 |
| Index terms: | Management Kazakhstan CIS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper is based on information collected by interviews from 2000 to 2001, using a mainly structured questionnaire with owners or top managers of 95 manufacturing, extractive and construction businesses in Kazakhstan, and unstructured follow-up interviews in 11 of these companies. The findings are used to assess the extent to which a literature-based model of post-communist Russian management exists in Kazakhstan. Similarities are noted: the prevalence of an 'insider configuration', and the importance of social capital. In contrast, the evidence suggests that 'bureaucratic extortion' is easier to avoid, Russian-style mafia are less in evidence, and a 'nomenclatura effect' is weaker in Kazakhstan. It is argued that these differences create greater space in Kazakhstan. |
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