Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how employee perceptions of the ethical conduct of their leaders affect their job satisfaction in the context of the workplace in China. The authors posit that guanxi , which is a complex relational phenomenon deeply rooted in Chinese...

Purpose This paper develops and tests a theoretical framework to explain the effect of guanxi human resource management (HRM), a unique Chinese cultural phenomenon, on employee innovative behavior. Design/methodology/approach We draw from a sample of 398 employees in 81 teams and test the...