중국 조직구성원의 집단주의 성향과 조직몰입 및 대인간 도움행위의 관계

Chinese Employees Collectivism Orientation, Organizational Commitment, and Interpersonal Helping Behavior: A Generational Difference

Purpose - This study aims to examine the relationship between Chinese employees collectivism orientation and organizational commitment and interpersonal helping behavior and verify the differences of such relationships between new and the previous generation of employees. Design/methodology/approach - The 262 Chinese employees participated in self-reported survey through online platform. The confirmatory factor analysis and the hierarchical regression analysis were performed to test hypotheses. Findings - We found that Chinese employees collectivism orientation positively influenced their organizational commitment and interpersonal helping behavior. Regarding the moderating role of generation, our result revealed that while the positive relationship between collectivism orientation and organizational commitment was significant for previous generation of employees, such relationship was not valid for new generation employees. However, there was no significant generational difference in the relationship between collectivism orientation and interpersonal helping behavior. Research implications or Originality - Considering that there have been relatively few empirical studies examining the interaction between employees cultural characteristic and generations, this study contributes to demonstrate that the positive influence of Chinese employees collectivism orientation on organizational commitment vary depending on Chinese generations. In addition, this study provides implications that organizational leaders in China should understand that the generational difference can influence how employees collectivism orientation leads to their attitudes towards organizations and need to establish human resource management system by reflecting generational difference.