Feng Xu, Benhua Xu, Verl Anderson and Cam Caldwell
Humility as an important factor for leaders was identified by Collins (2001) and his colleagues in an extensive research project about the leadership qualities of the leaders of…
Abstract
Purpose
Humility as an important factor for leaders was identified by Collins (2001) and his colleagues in an extensive research project about the leadership qualities of the leaders of companies that transitioned from “good” to “great.” This paper is an empirical study of six factors closely associated with humility and leadership and the purpose of this paper is to identify how Chinese business students and Chinese employees perceive the importance of six factors associated with humility as enlightened leadership.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper summarizes recent research about humility and leadership and suggests seven hypotheses about the importance of six factors associated with humility as enlightened leadership.
Findings
This study confirms that Chinese respondents affirmed the value of all six factors and identified the statistical significance of three of the factors studied.
Research limitations/implications
A limitation of this study is that it is exploratory in nature and contained many factors that made conducting factor analysis indeterminable. The practical implications of this study are that it provides confirming information about understanding the value system and priorities of Chinese employees and future workers when multi-national companies interact with Chinese partners.
Originality/value
This study provides valuable information about the six factors associated with humility as enlightened leadership. This study is the first of its kind that empirically tests Chinese attitudes associated with humility and leadership.
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Benhua Xu, Feng Xu, Cam Caldwell, Geoff Sheard and Larry Floyd
The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of trustworthiness at an organizational level. A comparison of Chinese and US perspectives facilitated the identified insight…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of trustworthiness at an organizational level. A comparison of Chinese and US perspectives facilitated the identified insight into the nature of trustworthiness.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is an exploratory study of cross-cultural perceptions of trustworthiness at an organizational level. A survey was administered to business school students, faculty members and industrial managers in a major Chinese city. Usable data collected from 398 respondents was analyzed identifying significant factors characterizing organizational trustworthiness.
Findings
Seven factors were identified that characterize organizational trustworthiness. These factors were significant for both US and Chinese respondents, with procedural fairness considered most important of the identified factors.
Originality/value
This paper contributes to trustworthiness literature at the organizational level. Prior empirical research is based on data collected from US business school students. This is the first reported study based on a comparison of data collected from Chinese and US participants. Identifying the seven significant factors characterizing organizational trustworthiness has practical value to international employers who work with the Chinese students who will become tomorrow’s Chinese employees.
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Xiaoming Yang, Jianxin Ge, Vijaya Baskar Masilamani and Zhihao Yu
This paper aims to examine the impact of visualization tools on the financing ratio of crowdfunding platforms projects of social enterprises, and to sort out personal quality…
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Purpose
This paper aims to examine the impact of visualization tools on the financing ratio of crowdfunding platforms projects of social enterprises, and to sort out personal quality signals and project quality signals based on signaling theory. This paper also divides the emotions and feelings brought by the visualization tools into persuasive and informative styles, showing the functions of different tools on the crowdfunding performance of social ventures.
Design/methodology/approach
Linear regression and binary regression are applied to analyze data on social entrepreneurship projects from two internationally authoritative crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
Findings
In social entrepreneurship projects, the number of emotionally persuasive images has a significant positive impact on the financing ratio. Among them, the financing target has a negative regulatory effect.
Research limitations/implications
The study has not fully explored how different visual aspects (such as color and composition) impact investor perceptions. Future research should address these variables for a more accurate understanding of how visualization affects financing performance.
Practical implications
This paper summarizes the factors that affect the crowdfunding ratio and provides a visualization tool from an innovative perspective. The application provides reference value for all types of crowdfunding projects on the crowdfunding platforms.
Social implications
Social entrepreneurs should use the crowdfunding model to raise funds and deepen their understanding of crowdfunding investors, so that more people can participate in social entrepreneurship and thereby generate greater social value.
Originality/value
This paper provides a new perspective for the classification of visualization tools. This paper divides the emotions and feelings brought by the visualization tools to the information recipients, and classifies them into persuasive and informative styles, showing the functions of different tools.