Proposes that traditional Chinese values of leader as head can be useful in that they can promote applying abilities for mutual benefit for leadership and employees. A total of 200 managers working in organizations in Shanghai, China, indicated their traditional leadership values and level of...

Purpose – To assess to what extent Chinese domestic banks' use of internet banking as a strategic response to the entrance of the WTO is affected by factors both external and internal to the banks. Design/methodology/approach – A model depicted by a path diagram is developed to test the...

Purpose – Despite calls for empowerment, employees often do not feel their managers assist and support them. Traditional views of power as limited and involving overcoming resistance may seriously obstruct empowerment efforts. Design/methodology/approach – About 60 male and 60 female...

Purpose – This study seeks to empirically examine the impact of goal interdependence and leader‐member relationship on cross‐cultural leadership in joint ventures in China. Design/methodology/approach – The research question is how to facilitate leader‐member relationships between...

Purpose – Applying the theory of cooperation and competition, this paper proposes that entrepreneurial firms can obtain social capital in terms of trust and reciprocity by developing cooperative goals with other firms, rather than competitive and independent goals. Such cooperative...

States that managers must often try to motivate employees working in another country. Senior accounting managers in Hong Kong were interviewed on their experiences leading professionals in China. Results of structural equation analyses suggest the usefulness of Deutsch’s theory of...

The possibility of opportunistic behavior where partners pursue their self-interests with guile threatens relationships, disrupts work accomplishment, and frustrates future collaboration in the supply chain. This study hypothesizes that opportunism is not just the result of people’s pursuit of...