To begin to address these issues, this paper presents two linked studies of foreign
firms operating in Russia. Beginning with an existing model of organizational culture
and effectiveness (Denison & Mishra, 1995), the paper presents a quantitative study of
179 foreign firms operating in Russia and compares the results with those from the USA.
This is followed by case studies of four firms designed to ground the empirical results in
the Russian context and to suggest ways that the model and the measures may need to be
extended, refined, or reinterpreted when applied in the Russian context.