Team personal-life inclusion in socially-versus task-oriented countries: A cross-cultural study of Chinese versus German teams

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Weiss, Matthias; Salm, Laura Joan; Muethel, Miriam; Hoegl, Martin
• 署名单位: Ruhr University Bochum; University of Munich; WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-018-0170-8
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 919-928
• 关键词: organizational behavior; teams and teamwork; CHINA

摘要

Team personal-life inclusion (Team PLI) refers to socialization with fellow team members in the private domain. While PLI is an expected behavior in the socially oriented Chinese work context, it is generally seen as unfavorable in task-oriented contexts like Germany. We investigate the relative impact of Team PLI on the performance of Chinese and German teams. Based on data from 130 Chinese and 124 German teams, we show that Team PLI has opposing consequences in China and Germany. While it increases German teams' performance, the reverse relationship was observed for Chinese teams.