Managing motivation in the Chinese family business

Employees may have low motivation attitudes since management system is not perfect in most family business. Moreover, both family member and non-family member may have the conflicts to a great extent, because most non-family members may feel inequality in job position and their promotion opportuniti...

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Main Author: Wen, Boyun
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37046/
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description Employees may have low motivation attitudes since management system is not perfect in most family business. Moreover, both family member and non-family member may have the conflicts to a great extent, because most non-family members may feel inequality in job position and their promotion opportunities could be affected (Jia 2013). In addition, most managers are charged by male employees, they may have more prejudice and stereotyping for female (Singh, Finn and Goulet 2004). Hence, female employees’ working motivation and performance may be impacted by gender discrimination. Additionally, employees’ motivation may be influenced based on their job natures, educational level and individual background (Geng 2004; Yang, Fang and Ling 2003; Jia 2013). Therefore, on the basis of this, managers may need to take into consideration applying various motivation methods so that employees’ different demands could be satisfied. Therefore, this study attempts to see both employees and their managers’ perspectives of using motivation management in a Chinese family business. Also, this study will be conducted to see both participants’ attitudes. Meanwhile, 15 employees and managers were invited to do the semi-structured interview. As a result, this study showed that both employees and their managers may have different attitudes on the motivation issue mainly because of their various job natures, educational levels, different gender and unique personal background. In the meantime, this study attempts to illustrate that the challenging and possible implications for applying motivation method on Chinese high-tech family business.
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spelling nottingham-370462017-10-19T17:04:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37046/ Managing motivation in the Chinese family business Wen, Boyun Employees may have low motivation attitudes since management system is not perfect in most family business. Moreover, both family member and non-family member may have the conflicts to a great extent, because most non-family members may feel inequality in job position and their promotion opportunities could be affected (Jia 2013). In addition, most managers are charged by male employees, they may have more prejudice and stereotyping for female (Singh, Finn and Goulet 2004). Hence, female employees’ working motivation and performance may be impacted by gender discrimination. Additionally, employees’ motivation may be influenced based on their job natures, educational level and individual background (Geng 2004; Yang, Fang and Ling 2003; Jia 2013). Therefore, on the basis of this, managers may need to take into consideration applying various motivation methods so that employees’ different demands could be satisfied. Therefore, this study attempts to see both employees and their managers’ perspectives of using motivation management in a Chinese family business. Also, this study will be conducted to see both participants’ attitudes. Meanwhile, 15 employees and managers were invited to do the semi-structured interview. As a result, this study showed that both employees and their managers may have different attitudes on the motivation issue mainly because of their various job natures, educational levels, different gender and unique personal background. In the meantime, this study attempts to illustrate that the challenging and possible implications for applying motivation method on Chinese high-tech family business. 2016-09-15 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37046/1/Boyun_%20WEN%20dissertation.pdf Wen, Boyun (2016) Managing motivation in the Chinese family business. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Motivation; Performance; Inequity treatment;Chinese family business
spellingShingle Motivation; Performance; Inequity treatment;Chinese family business
Wen, Boyun
Managing motivation in the Chinese family business
title Managing motivation in the Chinese family business
title_full Managing motivation in the Chinese family business
title_fullStr Managing motivation in the Chinese family business
title_full_unstemmed Managing motivation in the Chinese family business
title_short Managing motivation in the Chinese family business
title_sort managing motivation in the chinese family business
topic Motivation; Performance; Inequity treatment;Chinese family business
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37046/