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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| author | Zhao, Yang Fujimoto, Yuka * Gaur, Sanjaya S. * |
| author_facet | Zhao, Yang Fujimoto, Yuka * Gaur, Sanjaya S. * |
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| description | 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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| spelling | my.sunway.eprints.8532020-10-12T06:43:09Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/853/ Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China Zhao, Yang Fujimoto, Yuka * Gaur, Sanjaya S. * HF Commerce HM Sociology 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. Emerald 2018-04-17 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/853/1/Fujimoto%20Life%20enrichment.pdf Zhao, Yang and Fujimoto, Yuka * and Gaur, Sanjaya S. * (2018) Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 31 (1). pp. 173-187. ISSN 0953-4814 https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-06-2017-0239 |
| spellingShingle | HF Commerce HM Sociology Zhao, Yang Fujimoto, Yuka * Gaur, Sanjaya S. * Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China |
| title | Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China |
| title_full | Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China |
| title_fullStr | Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China |
| title_short | Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China |
| title_sort | life enrichment for workers in contemporary china |
| topic | HF Commerce HM Sociology |
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