RT Article
T1 Cultural and Organizational Antecedents of Guanxi: The Chinese Cases
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 99
IS 3
SP 441
OP 451
A1 Lin, Liang-Hung
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785641328
AB Being different from the Western concept of “relationship,” Chinese concept of “relationship,” that is, guanxi profoundly influences Chinese society in commercial activities, business ethics, and organizational behaviors. Moreover, firms can develop their networks of guanxi to gain competitive advantages. Highlighting the cultural and organizational antecedents of guanxi, namely Confucianism and organizational ethical climate, this study examines the influence of these two antecedents on guanxi and makes comparisons of guanxi, Confucianism and organizational ethical climate between Taiwan and Mainland China. The results show that Taiwan, where preserves more Confucian culture, tends to put much emphasis on guanxi than Mainland China, especially with respect to mianzi. Concerning ethical climate, Taiwan tends to have instrumental, and law and code ethical climate.
K1 organizational ethical climate
K1 Confucianism
K1 Guanxi
DO 10.1007/s10551-010-0662-3