Business Ethics and Politics in China

Steidlmeier, Paul

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“…Being well connected with others (i.e., managers in particular) can help one get ahead of others (Chang 2012;Kacmar and Carlson 1997). As a result, it is likely that politics may be even more prevalent in relationship-based societies (Chang 2012;Charlton 1997;Steidlmeier 1997). Under these circumstances, it is of critical importance for managers to understand the political climate in his/her team and organizations.…”

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confidence: 94%

Team Conflict Mediates the Effects of Organizational Politics on Employee Performance: A Cross-Level Analysis in China

2015

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The present study expands on the growing literature concerning organizational politics (OP) by assessing the impact of team-level OP on employee performance outcomes as well as investigating the degree to which these effects are mediated by team conflict. The results, based on multilevel structural equation modeling with a sample of 349 employees from 78 firms in China, lent support for a cross-level mediating role for team conflict between political climate and employee performance. Further, moderator analyses demonstrated that political climate acted as a condition for task conflict to trigger relationship conflict. Thus, the results of this study contribute to both the political climate literature and the conflict literature by clarifying the processes by which climate can influence employee performance.

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Team Conflict Mediates the Effects of Organizational Politics on Employee Performance: A Cross-Level Analysis in China

2015

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“…Learning goals therefore need to be sufficiently flexible that alternative ethical standards and approaches, compatible with Chinese culture (de Bettingies and Tan, 2007), can be accommodated. Numerous studies (Moody, 1996;Sen, 1997, Steidlmeier et al, 1997 have suggested that 'Asian values' differ significantly from established western ethical standards and therefore learning goals which focus on the ability to apply culturally irrelevant conceptual models of ethics are likely to be counterproductive. In the wider ethics literature the question of whether 'ethics can be taught' is recurrent, with many suggesting that students can only be made aware of ethical issues and should then be left to draw their own conclusions and apply their own standards as to how dilemmas should be addressed (Piper et al, 1993).…”

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Integrating Ethics into International Business Teaching: Challenges and Methodologies in the Greater China Context

Whitla¹

2011

Journal of Teaching in International Business

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This paper examines the process of integrating ethics into the teaching of international business within the Greater China region. An example of how ethics is integrated into a required undergraduate international business course at a Hong Kong based university is presented. The contextual challenges of developing a course for use in the Greater China region and aimed at local Chinese students are considered. The paper presents a modified 'learning outcomes based' framework for integration of an international business ethics component to a business program within Greater China, along with practical suggestions and advice on how such a course can be introduced.

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“…Networking and the use of contacts for business creation and distribution expansion is common among SMEs (Siu, 1995). In the Chinese society, social harmony is emphasized and politics factor into business practices (Yang, 1994;Steidlmeier, 1997). Despite these challenges, much success has been achieved in Chinese businesses.…”

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Microenterprise performance and microenterprise zones (MEZOs) in China

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Muñoz

Deng

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Management Decision

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine whether performance of microenterprises located in a microenterprise zone (MEZO) in China is positively related to key management practices, entrepreneurial orientation, marketing capability, and technology capability. The paper aims to introduce the concept of MEZOs as a supplemental tool for governments to strengthen microenterprise activity. Design/methodology/approach -A total of 150 randomly selected microenterprises located in a MEZO in Changchun, an industrial city in Northeast China, completed a survey consisting of a three-part measure of microenterprise performance developed by Zinger et al. and entrepreneurial orientation. Factor analysis was performed on 11 management issues and correlation analysis was performed.Findings -The study found that key management practices, marketing capability, and technology capability of microenterprises in MEZOs do have a positive impact on performance sales, net profit, and growth.Research limitations/implications -The study's results are limited by a sample in one city in one province of China collected in one month. The data are cross-sectional rather than longitudinal. Sample bias may exist. Practical implications -This study is valuable to government officials, policy makers, non-government organizations and consulting firms as they examine new measures to unleash the economic power of microenterprises. Social implications -MEZOs need to be explored as one solution to aide microenterprise development to improve the poverty level, create jobs, and stimulate economic activity. Originality/value -To the authors' knowledge, this is the first exploratory study of the performance of microenterprises located in a MEZO in China. Through research, the factors that contribute to microenterprise performance and success can be better understood and the impact that the MEZO model has on microenterprises can be better delineated.

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Business Ethics and Politics in China

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Team Conflict Mediates the Effects of Organizational Politics on Employee Performance: A Cross-Level Analysis in China

Team Conflict Mediates the Effects of Organizational Politics on Employee Performance: A Cross-Level Analysis in China

Integrating Ethics into International Business Teaching: Challenges and Methodologies in the Greater China Context

Microenterprise performance and microenterprise zones (MEZOs) in China

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