Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism?
The economic miracle of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia has been attributed to their unique economic culture forged from Confucian thought and the emigration experience. However, this Spirit of Overseas Chinese Capitalism (SOCC) hypothesis, based largely on qualitative research, has not been...
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| author | Chuah, Swee Hoon Hoffmann, Robert Ramasamy, B. Tan, Jonathan H.W. |
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| description | The economic miracle of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia has been attributed to their unique economic culture forged from Confucian thought and the emigration experience. However, this Spirit of Overseas Chinese Capitalism (SOCC) hypothesis, based largely on qualitative research, has not been validated through quantitative work. This paper provides, for the first time, empirical evidence from a values survey and experiment which show that only some of the hypothesised SOCC values and behaviours differentiate the Chinese from less economically successful ethnic groups in Malaysia. While we find no evidence that Confucian values explain the success of the Overseas Chinese we do find it may lie in their (a) more conductive work values and (b) greater intra-ethnic cooperativeness, both accentuated by the emigration experience. |
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| spelling | nottingham-338502020-05-04T17:57:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33850/ Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? Chuah, Swee Hoon Hoffmann, Robert Ramasamy, B. Tan, Jonathan H.W. The economic miracle of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia has been attributed to their unique economic culture forged from Confucian thought and the emigration experience. However, this Spirit of Overseas Chinese Capitalism (SOCC) hypothesis, based largely on qualitative research, has not been validated through quantitative work. This paper provides, for the first time, empirical evidence from a values survey and experiment which show that only some of the hypothesised SOCC values and behaviours differentiate the Chinese from less economically successful ethnic groups in Malaysia. While we find no evidence that Confucian values explain the success of the Overseas Chinese we do find it may lie in their (a) more conductive work values and (b) greater intra-ethnic cooperativeness, both accentuated by the emigration experience. Springer 2016-06-04 Article PeerReviewed Chuah, Swee Hoon, Hoffmann, Robert, Ramasamy, B. and Tan, Jonathan H.W. (2016) Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? Small Business Economics . pp. 1-24. ISSN 1573-0913 Chinese Diaspora Cultural values Family businesses Enterprise Questionnaire Experiment http://link.springer.com/journal/11187 doi:10.1007/s11187-016-9746-5 doi:10.1007/s11187-016-9746-5 |
| spellingShingle | Chinese Diaspora Cultural values Family businesses Enterprise Questionnaire Experiment Chuah, Swee Hoon Hoffmann, Robert Ramasamy, B. Tan, Jonathan H.W. Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? |
| title | Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? |
| title_full | Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? |
| title_fullStr | Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? |
| title_short | Is there a spirit of overseas Chinese capitalism? |
| title_sort | is there a spirit of overseas chinese capitalism? |
| topic | Chinese Diaspora Cultural values Family businesses Enterprise Questionnaire Experiment |
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