Chinese Management Studies: Volume 16 Issue 2

The influence of motivations on international location choice in least developed, emerging and developed countries: evidence from Chinese MNEs

Fernando Angulo-Ruiz, Albena Pergelova, William X. Wei

This research aims to assess variations of motivations when studying international location decisions. In particular, this study aims to assess the influence of diverse…

Leader’s strategy to encourage employee’s innovative work behavior in multicultural workplace: do supportive colleagues matter?

Kamila Usmanova, Daoping Wang, Amjad Younas

In recent years, China’s growing global economic influence has attracted more foreign workers, requiring leaders to have effective communication skills to manage diverse personnel…

How shareholder resources impact on the allocation of control power: example of China Vanke

Li Gao, Jinnan Song, Jiajuan Liang, Jianxiao Guo

This paper aims to explore the influence of founder shareholders’ resources on the allocation of control rights from the perspective of incomplete contract theory and…

Subordinates’ negative workplace gossip leads to supervisor abuse: based on the conservation of resources theory

Cunjun Ye, Bin He, Xu Sun

Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this paper aims to explore the potential influence of perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip on abusive supervision…

Cognitive and social mechanisms: the role of emotions in creativity through work-based learning from a functionalist perspective

Wei Liu, Jing Wei Li, Qi Wei Zhou

From a functionalist perspective, this study aims to examine empirically how positive and negative emotions can exert influence on creativity in the workplace. This study built…

Assessment of the effects of supervisor behaviour, safety motivation and perceived job insecurity on underground miner’s safety citizenship behaviour

Prince Ewudzie Quansah, Yongyue Zhu, Anthony Frank Obeng

This paper aims to investigate the effect of mining supervisor behaviour, safety motivation and perceived job insecurity on Ghanaian underground miner’s safety citizenship…

A moderated mediating model of perceived overqualification and task i-deals – roles of prove goal orientation and climate for inclusion

Yufang Huang, Yuting Hu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the linkage between perceived overqualification and task i-deals via the mediating effect of prove goal orientation and the moderating…

Whose international experience matters more? Decision-makers with international experience in Chinese family firms

Jie Hao, Zhenzhen Xie, Kunpeng Sun

The purpose of this study is to examine if the international experience of a family firm’s chairman, second-generation managers and other top managers all have impacts of…

A study on the mechanisms of strengths-based psychological climate on employee innovation performance: a moderated mediation model

Po-Chien Chang, Keyi Sun, Ting Wu

This paper aims to adopt a moderated mediation model to examine the mediation roles of employee engagement and hindrance time pressure; the moderation roles of personality in the…

Innovation ability of universities and the efficiency of university–industry knowledge flow: the moderating effect of provincial innovative agglomeration

Shaopeng Zhang, Xiaohong Wang, Ben Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of the innovation ability of universities (IAU) on the efficiency of University–Industry knowledge flow and investigate…

Shared leadership and innovative behavior in scientific research teams: a dual psychological perspective

Hongbo Liu, Suying Gao, Hui Xing, Long Xu, Yajie Wang, Qi Yu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism of shared leadership on team members’ innovative behavior.

The effect of perceived fit on thriving at work in a Chinese context

Yuxin Liu, Shujie Li, Jianwei Zhang, Shuai Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of perceived fit on thriving and reveal the potential moderator and mediator of this effect by drawing on self-determination…