Chinese Organizational Behavior Studies in the Age of Globalization

Title

Chinese Organizational Behavior Studies in the Age of Globalization

Author

Bor-Shiuan CHENG, Yi-Cheng LIN, and Li-Fang CHOU

Page

131-161

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Abstract

Because of globalization, cultural-specific organizational behavior rooted in local cultural origins has received more and more research attention. Compared to the tremendous achievement of organizational behavior research in a Western context, research progress on Chinese organizational behavior is still in its infancy. In this article, we argue that a popular cross-cultural research approach cannot lead to a deep understanding of Chinese organizational behavior. Instead, a full-cycle indigenous research approach has to be employed. Taking the development of the paternalistic leadership model in the Chinese organization context as an example, we illustrate how to apply empirically the full-cycle indigenous approach to organizational research and discuss the implications of such an approach for organizational behavior studies in the age of globalization.

Keyword

paternalistic leadership, family business, indigenous psychology, glocalization

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