In Search of Appropriate Methodology: From Outside The People's Republic of China Looking In

Nancy J Adler, Nigel Campbell and André Laurent
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Nancy J Adler: McGill University
Nigel Campbell: Manchester Business School
André Laurent: INSEAD

Journal of International Business Studies, 1989, vol. 20, issue 1, 74 pages

Abstract: Choosing a methodology determines what we can study as well as the range of possible results and conclusions. This study took an instrument that had been developed in the west and used extensively in Europe and North America to investigate managerial behavior in the people's Republic of China. For a number of reasons, it failed to produce a valid and reliable description of Chinese managerial behavior. This paper investigates some of the methodogical issues involved in extending western organizational knowledge to the East. It raises some fundamental questions about being “outside, looking in”.© 1989 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1989) 20, 61–74

Date: 1989
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