Paternalist Foundations of Russian Civilization in Workspace Relations
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This article was prepared within the framework of the project IS RAN “Social and cultural characteristics of civilizational changes in the working culture of wage earners.” Theme № 99.5.
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Temnitskiy A.L. 2015. Paternalist Foundations of Russian Civilization in Workspace Relations — Sociologicheskaja nauka i social’naja praktika. No. 2. P. 51-69.
Abstract
The article sheds light on the matter of treating civilization as a standalone research subject, and attempts to review paternalism as a typical feature of Russian civilization, touching upon the forms of paternalism throughout history, the social and cultural implications of paternalism, and the potential influence it may have on workspace relations at industrial plants. The main subject of this research is the paternalist traditions in the industrial workspace, which first emerged during Peter the Great’s reforms and are prominent to this very day. The research targets employees of industrial plants. This article justifies the use of social and cultural approach as the most rational means of reviewing workspace relations through the prism of civilization development. Building upon the justification of the historical, social and cultural approach to defining the development stages of workspace relations, we single out and briefly describe six main types of paternalism. The article concludes the following: 1) even though paternalism has evolved from the patriarchy at the time of Peter the Great’s reforms to today’s corporate paternalism, this has not really lowered the level of workers’ vulnerability to the abuse of power by plants’ management and administration; 2) the paternalist disposition and behavioral practices among workers should be treated as an impediment rather than a spiritual bond that has ensured the development of Russian civilization; 3) even though research reveals such traits as the workers’ independence while carrying out their tasks, their critical attitude towards the working conditions and workspace relations (as revealed in their opinions and behavior), and the high labor efficiency in an unsatisfactory environment, none of these factors can be considered a reliable tool that will help fight against paternalism.
Keywords:
сivilization, tradition of paternalism, types of paternalism, social and cultural paternalism, measurements, displays and achieves of paternalism, labour relations, workers, independence in the working activity
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Temnitskij А. L. Sotsiokul’turnoe v usloviyakh slozhnogo obshhestva: ot neraschlenennogo ponyatiya k dual’nym oppozitsiyam. [Socio-cultural in a complex society of undifferentiated concepts to dual opposition]. J. Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta. M.: MGIMO-Universitet. 2011b. № 4 (19). S. 180 – 188. (In Russ.).
Temnitskij А. L. Usloviya formirovaniya partnerski orientirovannykh rabotnikov na rossijskikh promyshlennykh predpriyatiyakh. [Conditions of formation of partnership-oriented employees at Russian industrial enterprises]. [Elektronnyj resurs]. Ofitsial’nyj sajt Instituta sotsiologii Rossijskoj akademii nauk. URL: http://www.isras.ru/publ.html?id=1816 (data obrashheniya: 14.04.2015). (In Russ.).
Temnitskij А. L. Fenomen dostizhitel’nosti na fone neudovletvorennosti trudom. Sovremennyj menedzhment: problemy, gipotezy, issledovaniya. [Phenomenon dostizhitelnosti against the backdrop of dissatisfaction difficulty]. Vyp. 5. Sb. nauch. tr. pod nauch. red. I. O. Volkovoj; sost. E. V. Filipskaya. M: Izd. dom Vysshej shkoly ehkonomiki, 2014. S. 387 – 396. (In Russ.).
Shkaratan O. I. Tsivilizatsionnyj kontekst razvitiya postkommunisticheskikh obshhestv. [Civilizational context of the post-communist]. X mezhdunarodnaya nauchnaya konferentsiya po problemam razvitiya ehkonomiki i obshhestva. V trekh knigakh. Kn. 3. Otv. red. E. G. Yasin. M.: Izdatel’skij dom GU VSHE, 2010. S. 197 – 205. (In Russ.).
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