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The condition of sharing innovations with the business sector and through media was significantly affected by disruptive (p = .033) and laisser-faire (p = .019) organisational environments. In first case the relationship was negative (b = -.209) and in the second case positive (b = .269). ANOVA F-ratio for the model is equal to 3.796 which is high enough to say that observed variances are not incidental. No statistically significant relations were observed between organisational environment and the readiness to share innovations with the business sector and through media.
The survey results also suggested that factors that are likely to affect the organisational culture (Russian culture, culture of manager or the leader, etc.) did not determine the readiness for intra- and extra-organisational knowledge sharing, the extent of knowledge sharing between employees and managers, the extent of sharing knowledge the other way around – between managers and employees and the extent of sharing knowledge with outside partners. More specifically, such factors did not determine in statistically significant ways the extent of knowledge sharing between employees. The studied variables were “The influence of the Russian culture on the organisation’s culture” (p = .392, p = .329, p = .247 and p = .338), “The influence of the Leaders’/managers’ culture on the organisation’s culture” (p = .580, p = .095, p = .199 and p = .662), “The influence of the male/female staff composition on the organisation’s culture” (p = .324, .092, p = .072 and p = .338), “The influence of foreign (non-Russian) workers on the organisation’s culture” (p = .360, p = .947, p = .992 and p = .367), and “The influence of the connections/cooperation with global (Western & Asian) business partners on the organisation’s culture” (p = .333, p = 185, p = .060 and p = .081).
5.1.1 Effect of Organisational Culture and organisational environment on the
transfer of knowledge obtained from the Presidential Programme
Almost half of the respondents (44.4 percent, n = 60) strongly agreed and 43.0 percent (n = 58) agreed that they had opportunities to inform the management of their organisation about their experiences in the Presidential Programme. 9.6 percent of the respondents (n = 13) neither agreed nor disagreed, 3.0 percent (n = 4) disagreed and none strongly disagreed with the statement.
Respondents from the home-organisation, involved in the transfer of knowledge from the Presidential Programme, channelling the obtained new ideas and innovations towards the Russian home-organisation, reported on the readiness and acceptance of the
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