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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Organizational commitment of Chinese employees in foreign invested firms
AU - Huang, Qihai
AU - Gamble, Jos
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Organizational commitment has been studied extensively in Western managementresearch. Much less is known regarding organizational commitment in non-Western environments, in particular in the retail sector. In the present study, we seek to understand if organizational commitment differs between various cultures by exploring the organizational commitment of local employees in the China-invested stores of a UK multinational retailer and its relationship with employees’ willingness to stay. The data is drawn from a survey of 394 employees at four stores owned by this firm and three month’s in-depth ethnographic study atone of these stores. The paper tests several hypotheses based on the literature and taking into consideration of several elements with ‘Chinese characteristics’, i.e., relationships, ‘face’ and job security. The current research provides added insights by combining survey data with in-depth ethnographic data. Amongst the most notable findings of this research are, firstly, loyalty to organisation and belief in company’s values are not associated with employees’ willingness to stay; and secondly, feeling proud of working for the company, good relationship between management and employees, and job security are good predictors of employees’ willingness to stay.These findings indicate the need for management to consider what is important to employees, in terms of building employees’ organisational commitment, and their willingness to stay.
AB - Organizational commitment has been studied extensively in Western managementresearch. Much less is known regarding organizational commitment in non-Western environments, in particular in the retail sector. In the present study, we seek to understand if organizational commitment differs between various cultures by exploring the organizational commitment of local employees in the China-invested stores of a UK multinational retailer and its relationship with employees’ willingness to stay. The data is drawn from a survey of 394 employees at four stores owned by this firm and three month’s in-depth ethnographic study atone of these stores. The paper tests several hypotheses based on the literature and taking into consideration of several elements with ‘Chinese characteristics’, i.e., relationships, ‘face’ and job security. The current research provides added insights by combining survey data with in-depth ethnographic data. Amongst the most notable findings of this research are, firstly, loyalty to organisation and belief in company’s values are not associated with employees’ willingness to stay; and secondly, feeling proud of working for the company, good relationship between management and employees, and job security are good predictors of employees’ willingness to stay.These findings indicate the need for management to consider what is important to employees, in terms of building employees’ organisational commitment, and their willingness to stay.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SP - 31
BT - Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
A2 - Von Gilnow, Mary Ann
A2 - Kiyak, Tunga
PB - Academy of International Business
T2 - Academy of International Business Conference
Y2 - 23 June 2006 through 26 June 2006
ER -