The Psychological Capital of Chinese Workers: Exploring the Relationship with Performance

Fred Luthans, Bruce J. Avolio, Fred O. Walumbwa and Weixing Li
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Fred Luthans: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bruce J. Avolio: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fred O. Walumbwa: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Weixing Li: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Management and Organization Review, 2005, vol. 1, issue 2, 249-271

Abstract: Everyone knows about China's huge population and the fast-growing economy. Although macro-level sociological and economic analyses have given some attention to the linkage between the two, at the micro level, the relationship between human resources and, more specifically, psychological capital of Chinese workers and their performance has been largely ignored. Within the context of three factories (two private and one state-owned) in the People's Republic of China, this exploratory study examined the relationship of a sample (n=422) of Chinese workers' positive psychological capital states and their performance. Results indicated the workers' positive states of hope, optimism, and resiliency, separately and when the three were combined into a core construct of psychological capital, significantly correlated with their performance, as rated by their supervisors. An analysis of workers in one of the factories (n=272) also found a significant relationship between the workers' positive psychological capital and the performance outcome of relative merit-based salary. Limitations, future research, and practical implications conclude the article.

Keywords: Chinese Workers; Hope; Human Resource Management; Optimism; Performance; Psychological Capital; Resiliency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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