题 目：Innovative Behavior of Chinese Employees: A Cultural Analysis

报告人：Prof.Kwok Leung City University of Hong Kong

时 间：2009年5月19日（星期二）下昼2:00-4:00

地 点：伟易博治理学院 老楼216室

Abstract

Comparing the innovativeness of different cultural groups is difficult and probably not productive for advancing our understanding of innovative behavior at work. A more productive approach is to explore the association between specific cultural elements and innovative behavior. Following this approach, the relationship between two core elements of Chinese culture, face andrenqing(compassion for others), and innovative performance was evaluated in China with a multi-level design. Results showed that face-renqing was related to innovative behavior in a complex fashion, with denial of mistakes and fear of failures as mediating variables. Some of these relationships were moderated by two contextual variables: innovative climate and paternalistic leadership. Theoretical implications of the findings and directions for future research will be discussed.

Biography

Kwok Leungobtained his Ph.D. in social and organizational psychology from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and is currently a chair professor of management at City University of Hong Kong. His research areas include justice and conflict, cross-cultural research methods, international business, and social axioms, and he is starting a program of research on creativity and innovativeness from a cultural perspective. He is a senior editor ofManage