Title: Social environment and management: direct and return inter-influences – the case of St. Petersburg's firms in 2004

Authors: Raimo Blom, Harri Melin, Alfred Sarno, Irina Sarno

Addresses: Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, FIN 33014, Finland. ' Department of Sociology, University of Turku, FIN 20014, Finland. ' Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, FIN 33014, Finland. ' Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, FIN 33014, Finland

Abstract: The study reviews both the influence of social environment on management and the reciprocal readiness of managers to promote the decision of problems of their social environment. The empirical part of the research was carried out from 2003 to 2004. One hundred twenty-nine managers have been surveyed and 15 deep interviews have been carried out.

Keywords: business environment; corporate responsibility; management practices; management strategies; Russia; social capital; social environment; sustainable development; transforming economies; trust.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBE.2006.010928

International Journal of Business Environment, 2006 Vol.1 No.3, pp.336 - 349

Published online: 18 Sep 2006 *

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