THE ROLE OF THE GUANXI INSTITUTION IN SKILL ACQUISITION BETWEEN FIRMS: A STUDY OF CHINESE FIRMS
THE ROLE OF THE GUANXI INSTITUTION IN SKILL ACQUISITION BETWEEN FIRMS: A STUDY OF CHINESE FIRMS
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关系制度在企业技能获取中的作用：对中国企业的研究
DOI：
10.1111/jscm.12035
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发表时间：
2014-10-01
影响因子：
10.6
通讯作者：
Yang, Zhilin
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作者：
Cai, Shaohan;Yang, Zhilin
在中国，人际关系的盛行，或称关系，构成了一种支配人们如何交换恩惠的制度。本研究探讨关系制度对企业间关系纽带、资讯分享与跨企业技能获得的影响。根据社会网络理论，企业间关系纽带对信息共享的边际效益应随纽带强度的增加而降低;根据信息过载理论，信息共享对技能获取的影响应呈倒U型。制度理论进一步表明，这三个结构之间的联系受到关系制度的影响。通过对338家制造业公司的数据分析，本研究表明，在关系制度强弱的环境中，这种联系是不同的。一个强大的关系机构通常会促进信息共享和技能获取，但它也有黑暗的一面。
The prevalence of personal connections in China, or guanxi, constitutes an institution that governs how people exchange favors. This study explores the effects of the guanxi institution on interfirm relational ties, information sharing, and the acquisition of skills across firms. According to social network theory, the marginal benefit of interfirm relational ties on information sharing should decrease with the strength of ties; according to information overload theory, information sharing should have an inverted U-shaped effect on the acquisition of skills. Institutional theory further suggests that the links across these three constructs are subject to the influence of the guanxi institution. With data collected from 338 manufacturing companies, this study shows that the links differ across environments that have strong versus weak guanxi institutions. A strong guanxi institution generally promotes information sharing and skill acquisition, but it also has a dark side.