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The Development of Managerial Assumptions about Human Nature in China: A Tale from Quanzhou
Author(s)
Yi-Bing Zhang, Siew-Huat Kong
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2017.12.002
Affiliation(s)
University of Macau, Macau, China
ABSTRACT
How managers’ knowledge and
beliefs of human nature are formed and manifested has not been fully explored
in the context of Chinese society going through rapid transition nowadays. And
yet this could be the missing link in our discourse on Chinese managers. Based
on a qualitative study conducted in Quanzhou, China, this study found certain
assumptions of human nature that are deeply embedded in their managers’
intellectual framework, which in turn guide their managerial behaviours in
diverse aspects of their work. Unless the managers are prepared to examine
their own thoughts, especially those at the sub-conscious level, they would
remain prisoners of their own thought, and all the efforts directed at
transforming managers would be seriously compromised.
KEYWORDS
assumptions, China, human nature, manager’s intellectual framework, Quanzhou
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