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Variances in styles of consultancy influence the KT processes in Russian organisations (Puffer & McCarthy, 2011; Michailova & Jormainen, 2011a). Therefore, the proposition 3.2 is formulated as follows.
P3.2: Coaching and supportive consultancy styles affect the KT in Russian organisations positively, while directing and delegating styles affect the KT negatively.
The selection of learning style and the availability of ACAP is supposed to be
effected, positively and/or negatively by the prevailing OC in Russian organisations (Lowik et al, 2012)
P3.3: Receptive attitude and understandable and beneficial features affect the OC and ACAP of the OC in Russian organisations positively, while lack of attention and disturbances have a negative effect.
The peculiarities of Russian OC affect the KT in the process of SVC as argued
by Riege (2005, 2007) and Ardichvili et al. (2006).
P4: Accepted, transferable, applicable and understandable KT to Russian OC’s with peculiarities is positive for SVC while the lack of trust, lack of funds, disinterest of employees and lack of managerial support for KT is negative for SVC.
Consultant’s styles have an effect on the financial and organisational outcomes of the organisation This effect can be both positive and negative (Fey & Shekshnia, 2011; Puffer & McCarthy, 2011).
P4.1: Coaching and supportive styles in financial and organisational consultancy have a positive effect on SVC while disinterest, lack of knowledge and insufficient support affects the SVC negatively.
According to Elenkov (1998) and Aidis, Korosteleva, and Mickiewicz (2008)
the effects of the types of environment in Russian organisations is supposed to influence, positively and/or negatively the quality of the SVC, as the foundation of “Comparative Advantages”, to be beneficial in the market place for the organisations.
P4.2: Supportive, stabile, laisser-faire and progressive environments in Russian organisations are positive, while disruptive and chaotic environments are negative for the SVC and affect it in a longer term, leading to “Comparative Advantages”.
In the upcoming chapter, the methodology implemented for the research is explained and elaborated on, followed by a review of all practical and organisational issues of the field research in Russia, to be conducted in cooperation with the CASD
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