Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify key antecedents of work-family enrichment (WFE) for Chinese workers in China. The paper adopts the Chinese cultural perspectives (i.e. philosophy of Confucian: Chinese family orientation and collectivism) as well as traditional Chinese philosophie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Emerald
2018
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/853/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/853/1/Fujimoto%20Life%20enrichment.pdf |
| Summary: | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify key antecedents of work-family enrichment (WFE) for
Chinese workers in China. The paper adopts the Chinese cultural perspectives (i.e. philosophy of Confucian:
Chinese family orientation and collectivism) as well as traditional Chinese philosophies of life as a whole.
Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper. Therefore, this section does not apply.
Findings – The key antecedents of Chinese WFE have been identified and presented in the conceptual
framework. Testable propositions have also been developed and presented in this paper.
Practical implications – The conceptual framework showing the identified key antecedents of Chinese
WFE highlights the necessity for the corporate leaders to rethink the ways to promote well-being and
productivity of Chinese workforce in China. Meanwhile, managers should rethink about WFE among Chinese
employees and regard employees as a whole person rather than just a worker with certain skills or abilities.
Originality/value – This is the first paper to propose the concept of life enrichment by examining the
antecedents of WFE particularly from the Chinese philosophical and cultural perspective. |
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