Hybrid human resource management in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Minbaeva, Dana B.; Hutchings, Kate; Thomson, Stanley Bruce

Hybrid human resource management in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Author

Minbaeva, Dana B.

Hutchings, Kate

Thomson, Stanley Bruce

Date

2007

Keywords

human resource management, HRM, foreign direct investment, FDI, Kazakhstan, post-Soviet practices, international management

Abstract (summary)

This paper explores Human Resource Management (HRM) practices in foreign-owned subsidiaries in Kazakhstan and examines the development of HRM and the extent to which practices and policies are reflective of their countries of origin, older-style Soviet and post-Soviet practices, or an emerging Kazakhstan. The discussion is based on findings which utilised a questionnaire-based survey, secondary data and interviews with HR managers. The paper concludes that HRM and employee relations practices utilised are a hybrid of old-style Soviet and Western-based approaches (US and European), and also provided are some implications for theory and managerial practice.

Publication Information

Minbaeva, D. B., Hutchings, K., & Thomson, S. B. (2007). Hybrid human resource management in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. European Journal of International Management, 1(4), 350. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2007.015656