Chinese Management Studies: Volume 1 Issue 1

Molecular, structural firm adaptations to environments: empirical Tao of the CEO

Check‐Teck Foo, Peter McKiernan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate CEOs as leaders in manufacturing organizations. The focus is on the roles of CEOs in organizational adaptations to changing and…

Revisiting motivation preference within the Chinese context: an empirical study

Lianke Song, Yonggui Wang, Jiangru Wei

The purpose of this paper is to develop a motivation preferences scale and identify different groups' motivation preferences.

Strategic adaptations to environments inside China: An empirical investigation in the construction industry

Jian Kang, Charles Y.J. Cheah, David A.S. Chew, Guozhi Liu

The purpose of this paper is to examine a series of environmental factors and industrial conditions governing the construction industry in China. The outcome of this part of the…

Ever the twain shall meet

Ken Baskin

To explore how selected principles of Chinese philosophy and complexity theory can be synthesized into a model for human and organizational behavior that is more accurate and…

Wolf, Mao or Tao for management?

Check-Teck Foo

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh