Succeeding in China: The voices of experience

Juan Antonio Fernandez; Laurie Underwood

doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.08.007

Succeeding in China: The voices of experience

Juan Antonio Fernandez (First Author), Laurie Underwood (Participant Author)

Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal

4 Citations (Web of Science)

Abstract

What are the key success factors for an international manager in China today? This is the central question that leads to the extensive research undertaken for this article. To answer it, the authors decided to ask those who know best: 20 top executives heading up China operations for Fortune 500 companies. This article is the result of 20 interviews with CEOs, Presidents, and Country Managers of major multinationals in China. One of the most frequently repeated terms appearing in our interview transcripts is the word "guanxi," a term loosely translated from Chinese as a network of contacts. The top executives interviewed stressed the high importance of "guanxi" in successfully managing their organizations in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	402-416
Journal	Organizational Dynamics
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.08.007
Publication status	Published - 2005

Corresponding author email

fjuan@ceibs.edu

Keywords

Business
Management
Psychology

Indexed by

Scopus
SSCI

Access to Document

10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.08.007Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

@article{9b69bbb57f0b4bd4af038caa58d67276,

title = "Succeeding in China: The voices of experience",

abstract = "What are the key success factors for an international manager in China today? This is the central question that leads to the extensive research undertaken for this article. To answer it, the authors decided to ask those who know best: 20 top executives heading up China operations for Fortune 500 companies. This article is the result of 20 interviews with CEOs, Presidents, and Country Managers of major multinationals in China. One of the most frequently repeated terms appearing in our interview transcripts is the word {"}guanxi,{"} a term loosely translated from Chinese as a network of contacts. The top executives interviewed stressed the high importance of {"}guanxi{"} in successfully managing their organizations in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",

keywords = "Business, Management, Psychology, Business, Management, Psychology",

author = "Fernandez, {Juan Antonio} and Laurie Underwood",

year = "2005",

doi = "10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.08.007",

language = "English",

volume = "34",

pages = "402--416",

journal = "Organizational Dynamics",

issn = "0090-2616",

publisher = "Elsevier BV",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Succeeding in China: The voices of experience

AU - Fernandez, Juan Antonio

AU - Underwood, Laurie

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - What are the key success factors for an international manager in China today? This is the central question that leads to the extensive research undertaken for this article. To answer it, the authors decided to ask those who know best: 20 top executives heading up China operations for Fortune 500 companies. This article is the result of 20 interviews with CEOs, Presidents, and Country Managers of major multinationals in China. One of the most frequently repeated terms appearing in our interview transcripts is the word "guanxi," a term loosely translated from Chinese as a network of contacts. The top executives interviewed stressed the high importance of "guanxi" in successfully managing their organizations in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AB - What are the key success factors for an international manager in China today? This is the central question that leads to the extensive research undertaken for this article. To answer it, the authors decided to ask those who know best: 20 top executives heading up China operations for Fortune 500 companies. This article is the result of 20 interviews with CEOs, Presidents, and Country Managers of major multinationals in China. One of the most frequently repeated terms appearing in our interview transcripts is the word "guanxi," a term loosely translated from Chinese as a network of contacts. The top executives interviewed stressed the high importance of "guanxi" in successfully managing their organizations in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KW - Business

KW - Management

KW - Psychology

KW - Business

KW - Management

KW - Psychology

UR - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=ceibs_wosapi&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000233385400007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS

U2 - 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.08.007

DO - 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.08.007

M3 - Journal

SN - 0090-2616

VL - 34

SP - 402

EP - 416

JO - Organizational Dynamics

JF - Organizational Dynamics

IS - 4

ER -

Succeeding in China: The voices of experience

Abstract

Corresponding author email

Keywords

Indexed by

Access to Document

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this