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Chinese Cultural Values as Institutional Forces in Shaping Board Involvement

Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies

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Title Chinese Cultural Values as Institutional Forces in Shaping Board Involvement
 
Creator Lim, Boon-Yeow
 
Description The paper examines the importance of Chinese cultural values as a useful “societal-institutional” framework for understanding the patterns of involvement of board members in Chinese firms and its performance. Its richness are apparent at macro level, examining the relationship between Chinese characteristics and organization structure, and at the micro level for investigating the similarities and differences in attitude of board members with given characteristics. The cultural perspectives at both micro and macro levels able to offer complementary views of Chinese board behavior. This paper offers the first step in explaining the important role of cultural values as institutional forces in legitimizing the organization’s existence and its modes of functioning as well as the patterns of behavior of its board members.
 
Publisher Asian Online Journal Publishing Group
 
Date 2015-03-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/445
 
Source Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies; Vol 2 No 1 (2015); 17-20
2313-7401
2518-0096
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/445/448