Guanxi and the Leader-Member Exchange in the Chinese Supervisor and Subordinate Relationship
Guanxi and the Leader-Member Exchange in the Chinese Supervisor and Subordinate Relationship

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of Confucianism and the Organisational Ethical Climate on the Leader Member Exchange using Guanxi as the mediation variable. This study was motivated by an interest in the phenomenon of the working relationship between Chinese supervisors/ managers and Chinese employees in various companies in Indonesia. This study was conducted from September to December 2016 in Jakarta and the respondents were Chinese employees with at least one-year work experience who had Chinese supervisors/ managers. This study used Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) techniques. The results of this study showed that Confucianism and the Organisational Ethical Climate positively and significantly influenced Guanxi, and Guanxi positively and significantly influenced the Leader-Member Exchange. Confucianism and the Organisational Ethical Climate also had a positive and significant indirect effect on the Leader-Member Exchange.

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