Consideration of the Role of Guanxi in the Ethical Judgments of Chinese Managers

The importance of personal connections and relationships, or guanxi when doing business with the Chinese is widely acknowledged amongst Western academics and business managers alike. However, aspects of guanxi-related behaviours in the workplace are often misunderstood by Westerners with some going...

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Authors: Ho, Cynthia (Author) ; Redfern, Kylie A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2010
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 96, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-221
Further subjects:B Moral Judgment
B Business Ethics
B Chinese values
B Guanxi
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