Russian community of IT specialists as a resource of positive values: problematization of the issue
The study of cultural characteristics of a society in the form of values and models of behavior is one of the most relevant areas of modern economic science. This area of interest of economists is caused by the discovered connection between culture and the economic potential of a society. Modern Economics recognizes that “culture matters” for economic development, and informal institutions can be no less important for the innovation process than formal ones. Research on society as a whole, including the comparison of the socio-cultural profile of societies among themselves, and research on individual social groups are of interest. This article substantiates the relevance of the study of the value characteristics of the Russian IT community. The issue of the article is the possibility of members of the Russian community of IT specialists to be a resource for increasing the level of bridging social capital of the Russian society. The issue of the spread in the studied community of a risk-averse propensity for Russian society as a whole, as an opposition to the propensity to avoid uncertainty, is also problematic. The method used is an analysis of the English-language and Russian-language network communities dedicated to digital technologies. The result of the analysis is to determine the vectors for further research of the Russian IT community, set research tasks and determine promising solutions. In the course of further research, it is necessary to analyze the ratio of value attitudes that are common in Russian society as a whole and value attitudes that are common in the community of Russian IT specialists, and special attention should be paid to the study of the propensity of members of the studied community to avoid uncertainty and risk propensity.