The Third Eye: Exploring Guanxi and Relational Morality in the Workplace |
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Authors: | Doreen Tan Robin Stanley Snell |
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Institution: | (1) Human Resource Management Unit, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 17 Law Link, Singapore, 117592;(2) Department of Management, Lingnan University, 8, Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong |
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Abstract: | We examine the use of Confucian relational morality as an alternative reference point to that of modernist morality in judging workplace ethical conduct. A semi-structured interview based study involving 46 ethnic Chinese managers and 30 non-Chinese expatriate managers in Singapore, provided evidence of the use of traditional guanxi-linked morality as a moral resource by some of the former group in judging workplace ethical dilemmas. While such morality played only a minor role in moral reasoning, and was largely overshadowed by modernist morality, the research nonetheless demonstrates that moral reasoning reflects wider cultural heritage, and is not merely a function of corporate culture and individual moral development. |
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Keywords: | Confucian guanxi moral thinking relational morality |
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