Human Resource Management in Russia

Synonyms

Personnel management; Leadership; Workforce management; People management; Cadre Management

Definition

Human resource management is an approach that considers employees as the main source of value and sustained competitive advantage of organizations and includes seven broad activities that together constitute the HRM system: job design, staffing and retention, development and training, managing change and performance, remuneration, and organizational behavior.

Introduction

Modern human resource management in Russia (hereafter, HRM) traces its roots to a variety of historical, cultural, economical, and even ideological influences. When it comes to considering the essential nature of HRM in Russia, one should address not only the development of science and scientific research but also some crucial events in the Russian history of the twentieth to the twenty-first centuries.

In science and academic discipline, “human resource management” gradually finds its recognition in Russia....