Work as good-minded undertakings and effortless assignments: Chinese meaning of working for hospitality workers and its motivational implications

Ryan Shuwei Hsu, James O. Stanworth*

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研究成果: 雜誌貢獻期刊論文同行評審

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摘要

Meaning of working (MOW) or the understanding of the purpose of working is a cornerstone in organizational behavior. This study answers the call to explain the MOW in Eastern contexts characterized by interdependent identities. We collect our data from hospitality workers in Taiwan, where Chinese Confucian and Taoist cultural precepts are strong. Our findings reveal that our informants use 25 typical vocabularies of motive in establishing and maintaining five salient identities that gain significance through two Chinese work meanings (i.e., good-minded undertakings and effortless assignments). These meanings demonstrate the theoretical contributions of our findings to the MOW literature. We also explore the interplay between our emic findings (grounded in Taoism and Confucianism Chinese cultures) with etic motivation theory to advance understanding of prevention and promotion foci.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)52-66
頁數15
期刊Journal of Organizational Behavior
39
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2018 1月

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 應用心理學
  • 社會學與政治學
  • 一般心理學
  • 組織行為與人力資源管理

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