Are cultural values associated with organizational and union commitment and citizenship behavior? A study of Chinese manufacturing workers

Andy Chan () and Ed Snape ()

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2013, vol. 30, issue 1, 169-190

Abstract: This paper examines the association between individual-level cultural values and employees’ commitment to, and citizenship behaviors towards, their employing organization and union. Based on a study of Chinese manufacturing workers, several significant findings emerged, most notably that workers distinguished clearly between the organization and union as foci for commitment and that horizontal, but not vertical, collectivism was positively associated with union commitment and union citizenship behavior. Our results suggest the need to differentiate between horizontal and vertical collectivism when considering the effects of cultural values on attitudes towards unions and collective action. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

Keywords: Individualism; Collectivism; Organizational commitment; Union commitment; Organizational citizenship behavior; Union citizenship behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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