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influence of the connections/cooperation with global (Western and Asian) business partners on their organisation’s culture was very strong and 22.2 percent (n = 30) thought that it was strong. 18.5 percent of survey participants (n = 25) believed that such influence was moderate, 22.2 percent (n = 30) that it was weak and 17.0 percent (n = 23) that it was very weak.
Table 19: Influences on the Organisation’s Culture
V ery Weak Moderate
N/A
2,2% (n=3)
0.7% (n=1)
4,4% (n=6)
19,3% (n=26)
8,9% (n=12)
Strong V ery weak       strong
         The influence of the     0.7% 5,2% 25,2%
37,0% 29,6% (n=50) (n=40)
37,0% 44,4% (n=50) (n=60)
20,7% 3,7% (n=28) (n=5)
5,9% 7,4% (n=8) (n=10)
22,2% 11,1% (n=30) (n=15)
    Russian culture on the
OS
The influence of the     0,0% 1,5% 16,3%
(n=1) (n=7) (n=34)
       Leaders’/managers’
culture on the OC
The influence of the     11,1% 22,2% 37,8%
(n=2) (n=22)
       (n=15) (n=30) (n=51) The influence of foreign     31,1% 23,0% 13,3%
male/female staff composition on the OC
       (non-Russian) workers
on the OC
The influence of the     17,0% 22,2% 18,5%
(n=42) (n=31) (n=18)
       connections/cooperation with global business partners on the OC
(n=23) (n=30) (n=25)
 Additionally, influence of the proportion of male/female employees on the OC was studied. The respondents mainly believed that gender had no effect on the organisations’ culture. Only 3.7 percent (n = 5) of survey respondents mentioned that the influence of male/female staff composition on their organisation’s culture was very strong and 20.7 percent (n = 50) believed that it was strong. 37.8 percent of survey participants (n = 51) tend to think that such influence was moderate, while 22.2 percent (n = 30) considered it to be weak and 11.1 percent (n = 15) considered it to be very weak.
The participants of the in-depth interviews and the focus group session underlined the importance of the Russian NC as an influential force in the Russian organisation and the Russian society, at large. Consequently, Russia’s growing participation in the world economy will lead Russian organisations to a more open attitude to advanced leadership systems, to be able to compete in the international environment. “Overregulation” was mentioned as a part of the “feudal” regime in Russia and respondents were sceptical on any chance of reform.
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