2011/05/01 by Elena Denisova–Schmidt, Denisova-Schmidt, Elena
Social Sciences · #Russia and Soviet political economy
paper · doi:10.57938/b49e5514-3c01-4b26-af0e-95b4b16618e3
openalex publication_date 2011/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
In spite of the fact that Western companies have been actively developing the Russian market over the last twenty years, they are still faced with the Soviet-era heritage in human resource management. This paper gives an overview of the common Soviet human resource practices of the past. Understanding traditional human resource practices in the Soviet Union prior to the end of communism will help practitioners to design human resource management systems for Russia more efficiently today. Moreover, this article makes recommendations for HR professionals on some unwritten rules of human resource management, summarizes current best practices for the recruitment, selection and retention of employees and helps to reduce potential cultural misunderstandings and conflicts between the two different systems: market and planned economies.