The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service

Despite previous studies on face values across a number of disciplines, there is limited research onhow face values influence manager-subordinate relationships in China’s civil service. This studyexamines the role of managers’ face values in the relationship between their trust in subordinateloyalty...

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Main Authors: Wang, K., Fang, Y., Teo, Stephen
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Ltd. 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49082
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author Wang, K.
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Teo, Stephen
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description Despite previous studies on face values across a number of disciplines, there is limited research onhow face values influence manager-subordinate relationships in China’s civil service. This studyexamines the role of managers’ face values in the relationship between their trust in subordinateloyalty and willingness to empower subordinates. The findings of our study indicate that superiorface-saving and face-enhancing values moderate the relationships between information sharing,initiative encouragement, and their trust in subordinate loyalty.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-490822017-03-15T22:56:12Z The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service Wang, K. Fang, Y. Teo, Stephen encouraging initiative face saving and enhancing China’s - civil service sharing information trust in subordinates Despite previous studies on face values across a number of disciplines, there is limited research onhow face values influence manager-subordinate relationships in China’s civil service. This studyexamines the role of managers’ face values in the relationship between their trust in subordinateloyalty and willingness to empower subordinates. The findings of our study indicate that superiorface-saving and face-enhancing values moderate the relationships between information sharing,initiative encouragement, and their trust in subordinate loyalty. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49082 Sage Publications Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle encouraging initiative
face saving and enhancing
China’s - civil service
sharing information
trust in subordinates
Wang, K.
Fang, Y.
Teo, Stephen
The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service
title The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service
title_full The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service
title_fullStr The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service
title_full_unstemmed The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service
title_short The moderating effect of face values: Information sharing and initiative encouragement in China’s civil service
title_sort moderating effect of face values: information sharing and initiative encouragement in china’s civil service
topic encouraging initiative
face saving and enhancing
China’s - civil service
sharing information
trust in subordinates
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49082