KIMEP University

About: KIMEP University is a education organization based out in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corporate governance & Government. The organization has 185 authors who have published 426 publications receiving 5098 citations.

International briefing 29: training and development in Kazakhstan

Abstract: The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, to the south of Russia and to the north-west of China. The continental location of Kazakhstan is in the centre of the Eurasian lands mass, between 45 and 87 degrees east longitude, 40 and 55 degrees north latitude. Kazakhstan occupies an area equal to 2724.9 thousand sq. km. and stretches east from the Caspian Sea and Volga plains to the Altai Mountains, from the foothills of Tien Shan in the south and southeast to the Western Siberian lowland in the north. The extent of its territory from the west to the east exceeds 3000 km, from the south to the north 1700 km. In the east, north and northwest Kazakhstan borders with Russia (extent of the boundary of 6467 km), in the south – with the states of central Asia – Kyrgyzstan (980 km), Uzbekistan (2300 km) and Turkmenistan (380 km), and in the southeast – with China (1460 km). The total length of the borders of Kazakhstan composes almost 12.2 thousand km, including 600 km in the Caspian Sea in the west. Kazakhstan is the second largest state in terms of territory to emerge from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In December 1991, when Kazakhstan declared its independence from the USSR, the government and the economy were still closely tied to the Soviet’s centralized economic and managerial system. Kazakhstan is politically moderate, its multi-national population divided roughly in half between indigenous ethnic Kazakhs and other ethnic groups – Russians, Germans, Ukrainians, Uygurs, Chinese, Koreans – as well as dozens of other small ethnic groups. In December 2010, the total population was 16.4 million of whom approximately 53.4 per cent were Kazakhs, 30.0 per cent Russians, 3.7 per cent Ukrainians, 2.5 per cent Uzbeks, 2.4 per cent Germans, 1.7 per cent Tatars, 1.45 per cent Uighurs, and 4.9 per cent others (Asian Development Bank, 2010). In terms of religious identification, roughly 47 per cent of the population professed Islam, whereas 46 per cent was Russian Orthodox or Protestant. Soon after declaring its national independence, the Kazakh language was adopted as the official state language of Kazakhstan. Roughly 40 per cent of the population of the country lists Kazakh as their principal language, whereas about 40 per cent of the population lists Russian as their principal language. In practice, most

“A virtual social H‐bomb”: the late 1950s controversy over subliminal advertising

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the beginning of the controversy over subliminal advertising in late 1957, as news of a supposedly successful commercial test of subliminal advertising became widely disseminated. The paper investigates the test and the reactions to it.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews many contemporary accounts of the events described, and pieces together a coherent description and interpretation of what happened. This is of course standard historical methodology.Findings – The primary finding is that many reactions to subliminal advertising were fearful and wildly overblown – and have continued to be so down to the present despite no proof that subliminal advertising is effective. The deep roots of the fear are best explained by the paranoid and fearful intellectual climate in the USA.Originality/value – The originality of the paper lies in its thorough review of original sources, and in its explanation of why the fear of subliminal advertising became so in...

Transition Towards a Knowledge-Based Society in Post-Communist Kazakhstan: Does Good Governance Matter?:

Abstract: This article analyses and reviews the progress made by Kazakhstan, a post-communist country in Central Asia, towards its journey to become a knowledge-based society. An attempt has been made to exa...

Can Social Networks Improve User Subjective Wellbeing?: Role of Passion and Personality Traits

Abstract: Based on the tenets of the uses and gratifications theory (UGT) of media, this study investigates the impact of information gratifications on the subjective wellbeing of social network users in a central Asian country. Data from 244 adolescents were collected using a convenience sampling method. The study reveals the effect of information gratifications on subjective wellbeing, though this influence appears to be moderated by user habits in terms of passion and obsession toward social network use. Furthermore, personality traits have a significant moderating influence on the relationship between information gratifications and subjective wellbeing. Using the empirical findings, this study offers recommendations to mitigate the negative effects of social networks on users' subjective wellbeing.