Abstract
Studies of human resource and cross-cultural management are gaining greater attention in international markets. In response to this trend, for multinational enterprises, understanding of the culture and values of other countries as well as their organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), which focuses on members’ positive interactions for better achievements in organization, has gained importance. This study aims to explore the effects of national culture and guanxi on the OCB in Chinese society including mainland China and Taiwan. The results reveal that national culture and guanxi have significant impacts on the OCB, and people in mainland China and Taiwan have different cultures and OCB of their own.
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The authors thank the National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan for supporting this research under Contract No. NSC 98-2410-H-151-014-MY3. Also, The authors thank Ya-Feng Teng and Wei-Hsin Lin for their editorial assistance.
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Lin, LH., Ho, YL. Guanxi and OCB: The Chinese Cases. J Bus Ethics 96, 285–298 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0465-6
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