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Cultural or Structural? Perspectives on Conflicts in Sino-US Joint Ventures

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  • George Wang

    (Department of Sociology/Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI 53141, USA)

  • Huajun Li

    (Department of Sociology/Social Work, Jianghan University, 8 Xuefu Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430056, P.R. China)

Abstract

There has been growing academic interests on conflicts in Sino-Foreign joint ventures. Existing literature shows that special attention has been paid to conflicts in Sino-US joint ventures, particularly about the internal conflicts among the Chinese and American partners/management teams. The paper reviews previous research on conflicts in Sino-U.S. joint ventures within two main theoretical perspectives, cultural and structural. It aims to find out are 1) what issues of conflicts these two perspectives tend to address, 2) what is the central issue of their studies, respectively, 3) how they interpret conflicts in joint ventures, and 4) what kind of conflict resolution strategies they tend to propose. By exploring these, the paper seeks to contextualize empirical studies into broader theoretical contexts and develop healthy dialogue between the two dominate approaches, and thus set up a stage for further studies.

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  • George Wang & Huajun Li, 2014. "Cultural or Structural? Perspectives on Conflicts in Sino-US Joint Ventures," Transnational Corporations Review, Ottawa United Learning Academy, vol. 6(4), pages 344-361, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oul:tncr09:v:6:y:2014:i:4:p:344-361
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