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

Jeng-Wen Lin, Pu Fun Shen and Yin-Sung Hsu
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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

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 12, 1-13

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.

Keywords: corporate performance; organizational management; questionnaire survey; test of significance; work value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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