Chinese Management Studies: Volume 14 Issue 3

The impact of information technology investment on enterprise financial performance in China

Peinan Ji, Xiangbin Yan, Guang Yu

This paper aims to examine the influence of information technology (IT) investment, including innovative IT investment and non-innovative IT investment, on comprehensive…

Narcissistic leadership and voice behavior: the role of job stress, traditionality, and trust in leaders

Zhu Yao, Xianchun Zhang, Zhenxuan Liu, Lili Zhang, Jinlian Luo

This study aims to investigate the impact of narcissistic leadership on employee voice behavior from the perspective of job stress, trust in leaders and traditionality in China.

Influences of dynamic capability on breakthrough innovation: Evidence from China’s manufacturing industry

Haijun Wang, Junzhen Feng

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the influences of dynamic capability on breakthrough innovation and explores the essential mechanisms related to such influence. The…

“Accelerating” and “jumping” internationalization: CEO career horizon, board supervision ability and corporate internationalization process

Chen Weihong, Zhong Xi, Hailin Lan, Li Zhiyuan

In recent years, the phenomena of “accelerating” and “jumping” during the international expansion of Chinese enterprises have attracted a lot of attention from scholars. However…

The growth of hidden champions in China: a cognitive explanation from integrated view

Linan Lei, Xiaobo Wu, Ziyan Tan

There is a research gap in strategic management regarding the complement from managerial cognition literature to the behavioral theory of firm, as well as linkage between…

The influence of regional institutional setting on the performance of innovative entrepreneurship: An emerging market perspective

Ruicheng Wang, William Chongyang Zhou

Two types of institutional constraints, namely, institutional voids and policy uncertainty, have been recognised and elaborated, including their influence on new venture…

Workplace friendship, psychological safety and innovative behavior in China: A moderated-mediation model

Feiyuan Cao, Haomin Zhang

This paper aims to clarify the influences of workplace friendship, psychological safety on employees’ innovative behavior and the moderated role of transformational leadership and…

Gender and financing in entrepreneurship: research evidence from China

Hui Zhang, Ying Chen, Xiaohu Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate ways to mitigate gender bias in entrepreneurial financing. The authors aim to unveil the role entrepreneurs’ gender played in formal…

Decision-making in a dynamic task: effects of goal orientation on stocks and flows performance

Feifei Yang, Jiaqi Huang, Xiao Feng, Miles M. Yang

This paper aims to investigate the effects of goal orientation on understanding the dynamics of stocks and flows (SF).

Influence of local institutional profile on global value chain participation: An emerging market perspective

Jin Hong, Chongyang Zhou, Ruicheng Wang

The emergence and rapid expansion of global value chains (GVCs) have profoundly changed and reshaped the global trade regime. Although many determinants of GVC participation of…

Effect of stretch goals on work–family conflict: Role of resource scarcity and employee paradox mindset

Chang Chen, Zhe Zhang, Ming Jia

The purpose of this paper is to examine the destructive effects of stretch goals on employees’ work–family conflict (WFC). Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory…

A cross-level model of legitimacy-driven institutional change: A case study in China’s photovoltaic industry

Yan Guo, Liran Chen, Shih-Chieh Fang, Chen-Wei Yang

The purpose of this study is to develop a cross-level model of legitimacy-driven institutional change in a Chinese management context; in other words, changes that start out as…

Does (un)-related variety promote regional innovation in China? Industry versus services sector

Nana Yang, Qiming Liu, Yu Qi

Although recent studies have increased attention on the effects of related and unrelated variety on innovation, a Chinese test has until now been missing from the literature. This…

Understanding career advancement of newcomers from perspective of organizational socialization: A moderated mediating model

Hui He, Junguang Gao, Liumei Yan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how to facilitate newcomers’ career advancement within an organization and diminish their intention to quit from the perspective of…

How to perform strategic change? A strategy as practice perspective

Zelong Wei, Linqian Zhang

In spite of the significance of the strategic change, its high rate of failure inspires us to explore how to successfully enact new strategic change in a different environment…

Shareholder involvement and firm innovation performance: Empirical evidence from Chinese firms

Feng Zhang, Lei Zhu, Liqun Wei

Whether shareholders’ involvement in management benefits the organization’s performance remains inconclusive. The purpose of this study is to reconcile the conflicting results by…