Chinese Management Studies: Volume 12 Issue 2

Conflict coping strategy evolution of top management team members in China’s family enterprises

Mengyun Wu, Linrong Zhang, Muhammad Imran, Jie Lu, Xinting Hu

Conflicts among top management team (TMT) members have a significant impact on sustainable development of family enterprises in China. The complex attributes of different kinds of…

Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and employee creativity: The moderation of collectivism in Chinese context

Jin Hong, Bojun Hou, Kejia Zhu, Dora Marinova

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between exploratory/exploitative innovation and employee creativity in the Chinese context and how these two…

Does a second-generation returnee make the family firm more entrepreneurial?: The China experience

Ying Fu, Steven Si

This paper aims to focus on a special group of people in family firms in China, the second generation who are returnees, and to study their impact on family ownership and…

The effects of innovation speed and quality on differentiation and low-cost competitive advantage: The case of Chinese firms

Phong Ba Le, Hui Lei

This paper aims to verify the effect of organizational learning (OL) and two specific aspects of innovation, innovation speed and innovation quality, on competitive advantage.

How entrepreneurs’ Zhong-yong thinking improves new venture performance: The mediating role of guanxi and the moderating role of environmental turbulence

Cuiping Ma, Hefu Liu, Jibao Gu, Junsheng Dou

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the cultural cognition of Chinese Zhong-yong thinking, which is deeply rooted in Chinese Confucius culture, and to examine how…

Why do I conform to your ideas?: The role of coworkers’ regulatory focus in explaining the influence of zhongyong on harmony voice

Yongzheng Qu, Wen Wu, Fangcheng Tang, Haijian Si, Yuhuan Xia

The purpose of this study is to advance and test a new construct, harmony voice. Furthermore, according to the social influence theory, the relationship between zhongyong, an…

Cognitive diversity and creativity in teams: the mediating roles of team learning and inclusion

Irene Hau-Siu Chow

This paper aims to identify the mechanisms through which cognitive diversity affects creativity. It explores how and in what ways cognitive diversity affects team members by…

Linking authoritarian leadership to employee creativity: The influences of leader–member exchange, team identification and power distance

Jibao Gu, Gang Wang, Hefu Liu, Derun Song, Changqing He

The present study aims to examine how and when authoritarian leadership affects employee creativity. Based on social exchange theory and team identification literature, the…

Effect of the critical human resource attributes on operating performances

Chia-Chi Lee, Pei-Yi Cheng

This paper aims to explore the relationship between human resource attributes and the operating performances of accounting firms by sampling data from the 2012-2013 Survey Report…

Linking leadership styles to work engagement: The role of psychological capital among Chinese knowledge workers

Yongzhan Li, Gloria Castaño, Yongxin Li

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between leadership styles, psychological capital and job engagement.

How destructive leadership influences compulsory organizational citizenship behavior

Mengying Wu, Zhenglong Peng, Christophe Estay

The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying influence of destructive leadership on hindrance stress and compulsory organizational citizenship behavior (CCB) by…

Perceived organizational support and employee well-being: Testing the mediatory role of work–family facilitation and work–family conflict

Mashal Ahmed Wattoo, Shuming Zhao, Meng Xi

Considering work and family responsibility has become an important issue due to changes in the lives of people, understanding work and family responsibilities is essential for…