Quota for the employment of disabled people in Russia: strategies for compliance
Publication date: 1 October 2011
Issue publication date: 1 October 2011
Abstract
Subject area
Human resource management.
Study level/applicability
The case might be used in teaching International Management or Russian society at a Master's level, including MBA.
Case overview
Quotas for the employment of disabled people exist in many countries, including Russia. Many companies in Russia, however, are “forced” to find “creative solutions” to avoid this quota. This attitude is caused not by the unwillingness of companies to support disabled people, but rather by their moral and technical unreadiness to do so. Using one example of a company providing freight services, the case illustrates this. The company is faced with additional challenges: it is a 100 percent subsidiary, dependant on its parent company in many respects – especially in financial matters.
Expected learning outcomes
Students: learn some informal practices (legislative norms and networks) in the Russian business context;, discuss how organizations are faced with informal practices and establish problem solving techniques; and receive some additional information on the business environment in Russia.
Supplementary materials
Teaching notes.
Keywords
Citation
Denisova–Schmidt, E. (2011), "Quota for the employment of disabled people in Russia: strategies for compliance", , Vol. 1 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/20450621111186165
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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