Chinese Management Studies: Volume 14 Issue 1

Corporate-level strategy and firm performance: evidence from China

Boya Li, Shou Chen

The research interest in this paper is primarily in the question of how important changes in corporate-level strategy affect firm performance. This paper aims to explore the…

Group- and individual-focused transformational leadership: A scenario study based on a new typology

Yanyu Chen, Yi-Chieh Lin, Miao-Sui Hsu, Yi-Hsin Lin

The purpose of this paper is to build a new transformational leadership typology by demonstrating high/low degrees of group- and individual-focused transformational leader…

Double-edged effects of ethical leadership in the development of Greater China salespeople's emotional exhaustion and long-term customer relationships

Chih-Jen Lee, Stanley Y.B. Huang

The purpose of this paper is to present how ethical leadership has a double-edged effect to influence emotional exhaustion and long-term customer relationship developments of…

A moderated mediation model of workplace ostracism and task performance: Roles of knowledge sharing and task interdependence

Yiran Zhao, Xingchao Wang, Chen Chen, Kan Shi

Ostracism within organizations may pose communication challenges and reduce opportunities for interactions, potentially affecting coworker knowledge sharing and subsequent…

Chinese reverse M&As in the Netherlands: Chinese managers’ trust building practices

Zhe Sun, Liang Zhao

Building trust is critical in reverse mergers and acquisitions (M&As), attributed to the divergence of governance and culture between the East and the West. This paper aims to…

Exploring the relationship between network position and innovation performance: Evidence from a social network analysis of high and new tech companies from a less-developed area in China

Min Li, Fangbin Xiao, Yang Cheng, Bi-Jun Xie, Chen-Yun Liu, Baoni Xu

This paper aims to attempt to explore the influence of network position on innovation performance, specifically for companies from a less-developed area in China.

Network, reputation, VC-financing: SME in Zhongguancun and Silicon Valley

Anna Trunina, Xielin Liu, Muhammad Hafeez, Jian Chen, Swati Anindita Sarker

This paper aims to investigate if the collaboration intensity of the company with local and international stakeholders facilitates the attracting of venture capital (VC…

The impact of biased technology on employment distribution and labor status in income distribution: Evidence from China

Linhui Wang, Jing Zhao, Jia Sun, Zhiqing Dong

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of biased technology on employment distribution and labor status in income distribution of China. It also testifies a threshold…

The obstacles of China’s intelligent automobile manufacturing industry development: A structural equation modeling study

Yuhong Cao, Jianxin You, Yongjiang Shi, Wei Hu

This paper aims to make a systematic study on the factors that hinder the development of China’s intelligent automobile manufacturing industry; based on comprehensive…

The paradox of stability and change: a case study

Haifen Lin, Tingchen Qu, Li Li, Yihui Tian

The traditional dualism view regards stability and change as opposites and separate, two essential but largely incompatible and mutually exclusive elements in an organization, and…

Linking servant leadership to employee creativity: The roles of team identification and collectivism

Jin Yang, Cuiping Ma, Jibao Gu, Hefu Liu

This paper aims to put forth a model that accounts for the effect of servant leadership on employee creativity from a social identity perspective. Specifically, this paper aims to…

Are teams experiencing relationship conflicts destined to fail: The role of emotions and work engagement

Ling Yuan, Yue Yu, Pan Liu

The purpose of this study is to find ways to mitigate the negative consequences of relationship conflict under the situation that while the negative role of team relationship…

Influence of job stress on job satisfaction among younger bank employees in China: The moderating role of guanxi-oriented attitude

Xiaoyu Wu

This study aims to examine distinct influences of two dimension job stress on job satisfaction and the moderating effects of guanxi-oriented attitude on the relationship between…

How does management innovation matter for performance: Efficiency or legitimacy?

Zelong Wei, Xi Song, Paike Xie

Despite increased research attention to management innovation, the literature offers conflicting explanations of how it affects firm performance. The rational perspective…

Initial entry speed and international performance of INVs: The moderating roles of executive’s learning orientation and sub-national institutions

Sheng Huang, Guangyu Ye, Suqin Shen

In the literature concerning international new ventures (INVs), there has been a tension between the learning advantages of newness and absorptive capacity perspectives for…