This innovative book offers a fresh perspective on the national work culture of Russia and the substantial role foreign institutional and cultural impact has had in shaping it. Russia's contemporary work culture is understood as a national system supplemented by new values and attitudes that have been adopted through the mediation of foreign individuals and corporations or in response to the challenges of Western competition. It is argued that the 'foreign factor' triggers change in the landscape of Russia's work culture, the scope of which depends on the type of influence. However, there is a certain core of the work culture that remains resistant to any external impact.

Vladimir V. Karacharovskiy is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Analysis of Development in Post-Socialist Countries at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He is the author of many studies on national models of technological modernization, social efficiency of business activities, and national culture as a factor of economic development. Ovsey I. Shkaratan is Tenured Professor and Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Analysis of Development in Post-Socialist Countries at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He is an Honored Scholar of the Russian Federation and has been awarded the Order of Friendship. He is one of the founders of the Russian school of research in industrial sociology and social stratification and also the founder of the prestigious Russian academic journal Mir Rossii. Gordey A. Yastrebov is Senior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Comparative Analysis of Development in Post-Socialist Countries at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He is the deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Mir Rossii.