Pub Date : 2014-11-04DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-08-2014-0027
Greg G. Wang, D. Lamond, Verner Worm, Wenshu Gao, Shengbin Yang
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the indigenous Chinese concept of suzhi (素质) with the aim of furthering the development of Chinese human resource management (HRM) research and practice. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature on suzhi, published in the West, as well as in China, is the basis for proffering an organizational-level conceptualization of suzhi in the Chinese context. Findings – Instead of understanding it as a free-floating signifier, we argue that suzhi can be considered as a criterion-based framework for HRM research and practice. Suzhi research is classified into two major sources – indigenous Chinese and indigenized Western constructs. We further make a distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic suzhi, and analyze a popular set of suzhi criteria, considering de (morality) and cai (talent), while focusing on de in HRM selection (德才兼备, 以德为先). As multilevel and multidimensional framework, suzhi criteria may form different gestalts in different o...
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Pub Date : 2014-11-04DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-03-2014-0012
K. Waddell
{"title":"Understanding Management in China-Past Present and Future","authors":"K. Waddell","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-03-2014-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-03-2014-0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-11-04DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-07-2014-0017
Baiyin Yang, Zhequn Mei
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a Chinese indigenous concept of organizational ownership behavior (OOB) as an aspect of employee suzhi in relation to organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the Western context. Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis based on a review of related research in Western mainstream and Chinese domestic literature is conducted. Findings – Suzhi at the organizational level can be linked to the construct of OCB. In Chinese organizations, a relevant concept to OCB can be better understood as OOB to capture the sociopolitical and cultural context unique to Chinese organizations. The dimensional structure of OOB is presented to differentiate it from OCB which is popular in the Western context. Research limitations/implications – The identified construct of OOB offers important implications for indigenous Chinese management research and human resources management (HRM) practice. OOB, based on Chinese management practice, can better conform to China’s un...
{"title":"Employee suzhi in Chinese organizations: organizational ownership behavior","authors":"Baiyin Yang, Zhequn Mei","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-07-2014-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-07-2014-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a Chinese indigenous concept of organizational ownership behavior (OOB) as an aspect of employee suzhi in relation to organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the Western context. Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis based on a review of related research in Western mainstream and Chinese domestic literature is conducted. Findings – Suzhi at the organizational level can be linked to the construct of OCB. In Chinese organizations, a relevant concept to OCB can be better understood as OOB to capture the sociopolitical and cultural context unique to Chinese organizations. The dimensional structure of OOB is presented to differentiate it from OCB which is popular in the Western context. Research limitations/implications – The identified construct of OOB offers important implications for indigenous Chinese management research and human resources management (HRM) practice. OOB, based on Chinese management practice, can better conform to China’s un...","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"144-157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/JCHRM-07-2014-0017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-08-10DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-03-2013-0012
M. Warner
{"title":"Law and Fair Work in China","authors":"M. Warner","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-03-2013-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-03-2013-0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-08-10DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-07-2013-0029
Zhenyu Wang, P. Xie, Zhiyan Wu
{"title":"Disruptive Innovation in Chinese and Indian Businesses: The Strategic Implications for Local Entrepreneurs and Global Incumbents","authors":"Zhenyu Wang, P. Xie, Zhiyan Wu","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-07-2013-0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-07-2013-0029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-27DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-01-2014-0004
Sean Upton-McLaughlin
Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to explore the Chinese concept of suzhi and how it relates to behavioral standards within mainland Chinese society and the workplace. The article provides a general discussion of suzhi and its inherent elements to act as a foundation for the education of expatriate managers and executives and for future research by Chinese human resource management (HRM) scholars. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on the author's first-hand experience and observations from five years of living and working abroad in mainland China with Chinese companies and executives. Findings – The concept of suzhi in China is a reflection of multiple behavioral standards throughout China. And while suzhi's roots are in ancient Chinese culture and Confucianism, it is also subject to influence and change. Practical implications – The paper may serve as a foundation both for expatriate managers seeking to improve HRM practices in foreign companies in China and future scholars who wish to...
{"title":"The many faces of suzhi in the Chinese organization and society","authors":"Sean Upton-McLaughlin","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-01-2014-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-01-2014-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to explore the Chinese concept of suzhi and how it relates to behavioral standards within mainland Chinese society and the workplace. The article provides a general discussion of suzhi and its inherent elements to act as a foundation for the education of expatriate managers and executives and for future research by Chinese human resource management (HRM) scholars. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on the author's first-hand experience and observations from five years of living and working abroad in mainland China with Chinese companies and executives. Findings – The concept of suzhi in China is a reflection of multiple behavioral standards throughout China. And while suzhi's roots are in ancient Chinese culture and Confucianism, it is also subject to influence and change. Practical implications – The paper may serve as a foundation both for expatriate managers seeking to improve HRM practices in foreign companies in China and future scholars who wish to...","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"51-61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/JCHRM-01-2014-0004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-27DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-12-2013-0034
Mian Zhang, Hai Li, S. Foley
Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to develop an indigenous understanding of work-family interface (WFI) that reflects the drastic changes and evolving social context in China over the past three decades and challenge the existing conceptualizations of WFI and identify societal impact of the changing nature of the WFI. Design/methodology/approach – We conducted literature review, content and thematic analyses. Findings – The core idea of prioritizing work for family (PWF) is that Chinese employees, especially Chinese male employees, tend to integrate work and family roles as well as deal with WFI issues at the family level. Thus, Chinese employees can be strongly committed to the family while simultaneously prioritizing work performance. Research limitations/implications – The proposed indigenous perspective of PWF may furnish a contextualized theory for future research. The proposed measurement approaches may help developing indigenous scales for the perspective of PWF for future empirical studies. ...
{"title":"Prioritizing work for family: A Chinese indigenous perspective","authors":"Mian Zhang, Hai Li, S. Foley","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-12-2013-0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-12-2013-0034","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to develop an indigenous understanding of work-family interface (WFI) that reflects the drastic changes and evolving social context in China over the past three decades and challenge the existing conceptualizations of WFI and identify societal impact of the changing nature of the WFI. Design/methodology/approach – We conducted literature review, content and thematic analyses. Findings – The core idea of prioritizing work for family (PWF) is that Chinese employees, especially Chinese male employees, tend to integrate work and family roles as well as deal with WFI issues at the family level. Thus, Chinese employees can be strongly committed to the family while simultaneously prioritizing work performance. Research limitations/implications – The proposed indigenous perspective of PWF may furnish a contextualized theory for future research. The proposed measurement approaches may help developing indigenous scales for the perspective of PWF for future empirical studies. ...","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"14-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/JCHRM-12-2013-0034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-27DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-08-2013-0030
S. Avery, Judy Y. Sun, Patricia M. Swafford, E. Prater
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to promote Chinese indigenous research by examining a case in which adopting social capital (SC) scales developed in the Western context for Chinese samples can decontextualize inter-firm guanxi management in the Chinese context. Design/methodology/approach – Adopting the existing Western scales to measure SC, we collected data from Chinese executives participating in executive master of business administration programs on buyer–supplier relationship. Using the same items and data source, we identified post hoc factors representing guanxi dimensions. Ordinary least squared regressions were used for both guanxi and SC dimensions to test the hypotheses. Findings – Our analysis showed that Chinese natives responded to the Western SC items according to their understanding and mindsets rooted in guanxi. This was evidenced by the results from the post hoc-derived guanxi dimensions with the same data, which show better regression results for the hypotheses tested, although ...
{"title":"Contextualizing or decontextualizing? The peril of using Western social capital scales in China","authors":"S. Avery, Judy Y. Sun, Patricia M. Swafford, E. Prater","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-08-2013-0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-08-2013-0030","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this study is to promote Chinese indigenous research by examining a case in which adopting social capital (SC) scales developed in the Western context for Chinese samples can decontextualize inter-firm guanxi management in the Chinese context. Design/methodology/approach – Adopting the existing Western scales to measure SC, we collected data from Chinese executives participating in executive master of business administration programs on buyer–supplier relationship. Using the same items and data source, we identified post hoc factors representing guanxi dimensions. Ordinary least squared regressions were used for both guanxi and SC dimensions to test the hypotheses. Findings – Our analysis showed that Chinese natives responded to the Western SC items according to their understanding and mindsets rooted in guanxi. This was evidenced by the results from the post hoc-derived guanxi dimensions with the same data, which show better regression results for the hypotheses tested, although ...","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"32-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/JCHRM-08-2013-0030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62063539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-27DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-06-2013-0023
Laura M. Coons
{"title":"Theory Building in Applied Disciplines","authors":"Laura M. Coons","doi":"10.1108/JCHRM-06-2013-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-06-2013-0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54013,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62062945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-27DOI: 10.1108/JCHRM-02-2014-0011
Greg G. Wang, Yichi Zhang, D. Lamond, Jie Ke
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to review the current status of the Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management (JCHRM) in this initial stage and present a number of emerging unique Chinese phenomena for scholarly attention in relation to JCHRM entering its fifth year. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of JCHRM’s status, we further reviewed literature and media reports to identify new research opportunities for indigenous Chinese human resource management (HRM) research. Findings – JCHRM has demonstrated its strength and uniqueness in contributing to management knowledge production and dissemination in the first four years, thanks to enthusiastic support from the worldwide research community. Moving forward, we identify a number of intriguing indigenous phenomena, including distinctive social political contexts in state-owned enterprises, emerging trends in embracing the Party Branches (dang zhi bu, 党支部) by multinational corporations (MNCs) in China and the indigenous Chinese suzhi (素质) phenomenon, for new opportunities in Chinese HRM research. Research limitations/implications – The three indigenous phenomena constitute only a few samples. Developing a theoretical understanding of Chinese HRM phenomena has a long way to go. Continued inquiries in this area will not only help build local knowledge on complex organizational dynamics but also enrich the overall management knowledge base. Originality/value – We review the status of JCHRM in its first four years and bring a sample of intriguing indigenous Chinese phenomena to the attention of the worldwide scholarly community for future research.
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