Russian State University for the Humanities

About: Russian State University for the Humanities is a education organization based out in Moscow, Russia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Computer science & Population. The organization has 384 authors who have published 541 publications receiving 4658 citations. The organization is also known as: RSUH & RGGU.

Precarious Employment in Russia: Specifying Major Indicators

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of labor relations in Russia. These relations acquire the features of precarious employment, since they give rise to an unstable position of the employee in the labor market. In the work, indicators of precarious employment were designed, allowing to analyze the extent of this phenomenon in Russia. These indicators are: presence/absence of employment contract, type of employment, duration of working time, place of work, type of relationship with the employer. On the basis of selected indicators, precarious employment is: work on the basis of a verbal agreement, work on fixed-term contracts up to 1 year, seasonal and occasional employment, underemployment, under-employment, overtime work, additional work, extra labor. Based on the selected indicators of Federal State Statistics Service, the Russian Monitoring of the Economic Situation and Public Health of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE), an all-Russian sociological survey organized by the RSUH, an analysis of the extent of precarious employment in Russia was conducted. It was revealed that from one third to one half of all Russians aged 15 to 72 years work in conditions of unstable employment. The data obtained indicate the prevalence of precarious employment in Russia.

American Corn in Russia: Lessons of the People-to-People Diplomacy and Capitalism

Abstract: This paper is devoted to the “corn diplomacy” in the context of Russian-American relations from the end of the 19 th century to the Cold war period. The author focuses her attention on three cases dealt with the American attempts to export their corn and secrets of corn production to the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Th е s е thematic priorities give her the brilliant opportunity to analyze two dimensions of American messianic feelings deter- mined the stable long-term perception trends of Russia in the American society. The eco- nomic one arose from the attractive prospects of exports of goods, capital, and technologies into Russian markets (Russia was supposed to learn “the lessons of American capitalism”). The humanitarian one turned a famished and backward Russia into the object of aid from the rich and prosperous America and the Americans—into “international philanthropists”. At the same time one of the main author’s conclusions is that the “corn diplomacy” played an important role in promoting better understanding between Russian and Americans be- came the equivalent of the people-to-people diplomacy.

Followership theory: is leadership without followers possible?

Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of followership in leadership. Basing on the analysis of foreign literature the concept of followership is formulated, as well as its role in leadership development. It is emphasized that at present the role of followers in the process of leadership is being rethought. Followership is seen as a necessary component of leadership. Followership is defi ned as the

Cognitive Mechanisms of Ambiguity Resolution

Abstract: Here, we offer a reflection on ambiguity, its typology, production and effects as well as cognitive mechanisms of disambiguation. We approach ambiguity from the cognitivist viewpoint combined with elements of enactivism understood as embodied knowledge, interactivity and distributiveness. Without refuting the cognitivist paradigm or incurring into contradiction, we use these features as additional engines of our reflexing. Ambiguity is enacted by a network of heterogeneous participants (agents, subjects, objects) in various roles and with varying degrees of reflexive awareness and intentionality. Based on this we built a typology of ambiguity according to several criteria: the degree of awareness or intentionality, pragmatic effects achieved, language mechanisms, the volume of encoded conceptual information, the type of modality, and the number of events referred to. We hold that the process of disambiguation is triggered by cognitive context and conceptual primes over time, both in pre- and post-position.