IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v7y2015i12p15852-16848d60970.html

Effects of Employees’ Work Values and Organizational Management on Corporate Performance for Chinese and Taiwanese Construction Enterprises

Author

Listed:
  • Jeng-Wen Lin

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan)

  • Pu Fun Shen

    (Ph.D. Program in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan)

  • Yin-Sung Hsu

    (Department of Water Resources Engineering and Conservation, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan)

Abstract

Through questionnaire surveys, this study explored the discrepancies in work values and organizational management between employees and cadre members of construction enterprises on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Statistical methods including data reliability, regression analysis, and tests of significance were utilized for modelling a case study. The findings of this study included: (1) in terms of work values, employees from China focused on their lives “at present”, while those from Taiwan focused on their lives “in the future”, expecting to improve the quality of their lives later on through advanced studies and promotion; (2) according to the data obtained from the questionnaires, the answers regarding income and welfare in terms of work values and satisfaction were contradictory on the two sides of the Strait, which could be interpreted in terms of influence from society; and (3) there was a significant influence of organizational management on employees’ intentions to resign. If enterprises could improve current organizational management systems, their employees’ work attitudes would be improved and the tendency to resign would be reduced.

Suggested Citation

  • Jeng-Wen Lin & Pu Fun Shen & Yin-Sung Hsu, 2015. "Effects of Employees’ Work Values and Organizational Management on Corporate Performance for Chinese and Taiwanese Construction Enterprises," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(12), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:7:y:2015:i:12:p:15852-16848:d:60970
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/12/15852/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/12/15852/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Pfeffer, Jeffrey, 2001. "Fighting the War for Talent is Hazardous to Your Organization's Health," Research Papers 1687, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
    2. David A Ralston & David H Holt & Robert H Terpstra & Yu Kai-Cheng, 1997. "The Impact of Natural Culture and Economic Ideology on Managerial Work Values: A Study of the United States, Russia, Japan, and China," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 28(1), pages 177-207, March.
    3. Jeng-Wen Lin & Pu Fun Shen & Bing-Jean Lee, 2015. "Repetitive Model Refinement for Questionnaire Design Improvement in the Evaluation of Working Characteristics in Construction Enterprises," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(11), pages 1-15, November.
    4. Hung-Wen Lee & Kuo-Wei Yen, 2013. "A study of the relationship between work values and career orientation of employed in the high technology industry," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 803-810, February.
    5. M. Ab Hamid & Z. Mustafa & F. Idris & M. Abdullah & N. Suradi & W. Ismail, 2013. "Multi-factor of cultural values: a confirmatory factor analytic approach," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 499-513, January.
    6. Mohd Ab Hamid, 2015. "Value-based performance excellence model for higher education institutions," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 49(5), pages 1919-1944, September.
    7. P. Rika Fatimah, 2014. "The development of FFMD Pyramid: Fuzzy Family_Marriage Deployment as decision support method to improve human resources performance," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 48(2), pages 659-672, March.
    8. Florence T.T. Phua, 2012. "Do national cultural differences affect the nature and characteristics of HRM practices? Evidence from Australian and Hong Kong construction firms on remuneration and job autonomy," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(7), pages 545-556, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Tai-Wei Chang & Yu-Shan Chen & Chun-Yu Lin, 2022. "The Myth of Organizational Change Process: A Study of Uniting Organizational Identity, Promoting Organizational Performance, and Member Behavior," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(1), pages 21582440221, March.
    2. Merve Karahan & Serdar Bozkurt, 2021. "The moderating role of LMX in the relationship between work values and organizational identification: A cross-cultural study," Upravlenets, Ural State University of Economics, vol. 12(4), pages 28-41, September.
    3. Demyen Suzana & Corneanu Lipou Lavinia Raluca, 2019. "The Importance Of Organizational Values And The Capabilities Of Managers For The Performance Of An Enterprise," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 4, pages 30-38, August.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Malik, Ashish & Pereira, Vijay & Budhwar, Pawan & Varma, Arup & Del Giudice, Manlio, 2022. "Sustainable innovations in an indigenous Indian Ayurvedic MNE," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 402-413.
    2. Zaidman, Nurit & Cohen, Hilla, 2020. "Micro-dynamics of stress and coping with cultural differences in high tech global teams," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 26(3).
    3. Na Zhang & Zijia Wang & Feng Chen & Jingni Song & Jianpo Wang & Yu Li, 2020. "Low-Carbon Impact of Urban Rail Transit Based on Passenger Demand Forecast in Baoji," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-18, February.
    4. Matteo Prato & Fabrizio Ferraro, 2018. "Starstruck: How Hiring High-Status Employees Affects Incumbents’ Performance," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 29(5), pages 755-774, October.
    5. Cátia Sousa & Gabriela Gonçalves, 2019. "Multiculturality as an antecedent to work wellbeing and work passion," Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, CinTurs - Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, vol. 7(2), pages 101-124.
    6. Rossen Petkov, 2010. "Perspectives On Disclosing Human Capital Into The Notes Of The Financial Statements," Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi - Stiinte Economice (1954-2015), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 57, pages 29-40, november.
    7. Schubert, Torben & Jäger, Angela & Türkeli, Serdar & Visentin, Fabiana, 2020. "Addressing the productivity paradox with big data: A literature review and adaptation of the CDM econometric model," MERIT Working Papers 2020-050, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    8. Viengkham, Doris & Baumann, Chris & Winzar, Hume & Dahana, Wirawan Dony, 2022. "Toward understanding Convergence and Divergence: Inter-ocular testing of traditional philosophies, economic orientation, and religiosity/spirituality," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 1335-1352.
    9. Paula Andrea Nieto-Aleman & Klaus Ulrich & María Guijarro-García & Esther Pagán-Castaño, 2023. "Does talent management matter? Talent management and the creation of competitive and sustainable entrepreneurship models," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 1055-1068, September.
    10. Stephanie Wang & Marjorie A. Lyles & Allan Bird & Joseph Lampel, 2025. "Local roots, global reach? A framework for managing place-based identity in new cultural industries," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 56(8), pages 953-970, October.
    11. Abeer Pervaiz & Mohammad Saud Khan, 2015. "Entrepreneurial Relations of Pakistani Entrepreneurs," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(4), pages 21582440156, October.
    12. John B. Cullen & Jean L. Johnson & K. Praveen Parboteeah, 2014. "National Rates of Opportunity Entrepreneurship Activity: Insights from Institutional Anomie Theory," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 38(4), pages 775-806, July.
    13. Ashish Malik & Vijay Pereira & Pawan Budhwar & Fabian Jintae Froese & Dana Minbaeva & James Sun & Anh Tuan Nguyen & Shanzi Xue, 2022. "Multilevel relational influences on HRM practices: a cross-country comparative reflective review of HRM practices in Asia," Asian Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 21(5), pages 745-779, November.
    14. Andre A. Pekerti & Denni Arli, 2017. "Do Cultural and Generational Cohorts Matter to Ideologies and Consumer Ethics? A Comparative Study of Australians, Indonesians, and Indonesian Migrants in Australia," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 143(2), pages 387-404, June.
    15. David Ralston & Carolyn Egri & Charlotte Karam & Irina Naoumova & Narasimhan Srinivasan & Tania Casado & Yongjuan Li & Ruth Alas, 2015. "The triple-bottom-line of corporate responsibility: Assessing the attitudes of present and future business professionals across the BRICs," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 145-179, March.
    16. Ralston, David A. & Terpstra-Tong, Jane & Maignan, Isabelle & Napier, Nancy K. & Nguyen, Van Thang, 2006. "Vietnam: A cross-cultural comparison of upward influence ethics," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 85-105, March.
    17. Schwesinger, Georg & Müller, Stephan & Lundan, Sarianna M., 2016. "Governance Structures, Cultural Distance, and Socialization Dynamics: Further Challenges for the Modern Corporation," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145907, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    18. Southwick, Daniel A. & Liu, Zhaoying V. & Baldwin, Chayce & Quirk, Abigail L. & Ungar, Lyle H. & Tsay, Chia-Jung & Duckworth, Angela L., 2023. "The trouble with talent: Semantic ambiguity in the workplace," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    19. Hsu, Cathy H.C. & Huang, Songshan (Sam), 2016. "Reconfiguring Chinese cultural values and their tourism implications," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 230-242.
    20. Taras, Vas & Steel, Piers & Kirkman, Bradley L., 2012. "Improving national cultural indices using a longitudinal meta-analysis of Hofstede's dimensions," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 47(3), pages 329-341.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:7:y:2015:i:12:p:15852-16848:d:60970. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.