TITLE

MANAGERIAL GUANXI TIES, KNOWLEDGE CREATION, AND FIRM INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

AUTHOR(S)
SHU, CHENGLI; GAO, SHANGXING; JIANG, XU; PAGE, ALBERT L.
PUB. DATE
August 2010
SOURCE
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings;2010, p1
SOURCE TYPE
Conference Proceeding
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
This paper proposes and examines an indirect link between managerial guanxi ties and firm innovation. Empirical results show that knowledge creation processes (knowledge exchange and knowledge combination) fully mediate the relationship between managerial guanxi ties (business ties and political ties) and firm innovation (product innovation and process innovation). While business ties and political ties exert different impacts on knowledge creation processes and firm innovation, knowledge exchange and knowledge combination vary in their effects on product innovation and process innovation.
ACCESSION #
54493609

Tags: TECHNOLOGICAL innovations;  GUANXI;  EXECUTIVES;  NEW product development;  CHINA -- Social life & customs;  INDUSTRIAL relations

 

Related Articles

  • GUANXI: CONNECTIONS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR FORMAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT. XIN, KATHERINE K.; PEARCE, JONE L. // Academy of Management Journal;Dec1996, Vol. 39 Issue 6, p1641 

    Interview data from China are used to test an argument that executives develop personal connections in societies with underdeveloped legal support for private businesses. In China, such connections are called guanxi. An underdeveloped legal framework makes private-company executives more...

  • Sino-Western Business Negotiations Revisited--30 Years after China's Open Door Policy. Tung, Rosalie L.; Worm, Verner; Fang, Tony // Organizational Dynamics;2008, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p60 

    In light of the phenomenal changes that have taken place in virtually all aspects of the Chinese economy since its open door policy in 1977, this paper seeks to present and analyze the most significant developments that have occurred in the area of Sino-western business negotiations in the past...

  • GUANXI AND FEAR OF CRIME IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN CHINA. Zhang, Lening; Messner, Steven F.; Jianghong Liu; Zhou, Yue Angela // British Journal of Criminology;Jul2009, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p472 

    Western research has investigated individual correlates of fear of crime with a primary focus on people's vulnerability. This vulnerability model examines the possible effects on fear of indicators of people's physical vulnerability (e.g. age and gender) and social vulnerability (e.g. income and...

  • Bureau Chiefs and Policy Experts in the Chinese Policy Decision-making Process: Making Guanxi More Influential. Zhu Xufeng // China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China;Fall2009, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p129 

    Research on political resources in policy networks has become a promising new topic in China studies. This paper attempts to identify the most important members of personal networks (guanxi) established by policy experts who achieve and maintain influence over China's policy-making system. It is...

  • KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND INNOVATIVE SERVICE BEHAVIOR RELATIONSHIP: GUANXI AS MEDIATOR. MENG-LEI MONICA HU // Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal;2009, Vol. 37 Issue 7, p977 

    A mediating model to explain the relationships among employees' knowledge sharing (KS), guanxi, and innovative service behavior (ISB) was developed and tested. Results support guanxi's role as a mediator of the relationships between KS and ISB and serve as a constructive replication of the...

  • Guanxi Management as Complex Adaptive Systems: a Case Study of Taiwanese ODI in China. Wong, Meiling // Journal of Business Ethics;Feb2010, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p419 

    In China, guanxi is the basis on which Chinese exchange a lifetime of favors, resources, and business leverage. Guanxi is considered a unique construct and a product of Confucian values and the contemporary political and socioeconomic system in Chinese society. With its cultural embeddings...

  • MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF POS, PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS. Ahmed, Ishfaq; Shaukat, Muhammad Zeeshan; Ramzan, Muhammad // Actual Problems of Economics / Aktual'ni Problemi Ekonom�ki;Jan2013, Vol. 139 Issue 1, p218 

    This study advances research on guanxi network, a Chinese social trait, and the outcomes it offers. It is focused on the role of POS and psychological empowerment in determining OCB and turnover intentions. The total of 280 responses are used for data analysis. The data is analyzed using...

  • UNDERSTANDING GUANXI (CONNECTIONS) FROM BUSINESS LEADERS' PERSPECTIVES. Yunxia Zhu; Allee Mengzi Zhang // Business Communication Quarterly;Sep2007, Vol. 70 Issue 3, p385 

    The article explores the Chinese concept of "Guanxi," or personal connections, in regards to fostering positive business relations in the country. The overtly social nature of Chinese business is described and several anecdotes of successful management and negotiation practices are given,...

  • The Confucian Value of Harmony and its Inluence on Chinese Social Interaction. WEI Xiaohong; LI Qingyuan // Cross-Cultural Communication;2/28/2013, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p60 

    As the cardinal cultural value in Chinese society, the Confucian harmony presupposes the coexistence of different things and implies a certain favorable relationship among them. In social interaction, Confucianism puts weight on "harmony but not sameness", "harmony without mindlessly following...

Share

Read the Article

Courtesy of VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SYSTEM

Sorry, but this item is not currently available from your library.

Try another library?
Sign out of this library

Other Topics