Organizational partnerships in China: Self-interest, goal interdependence, and opportunism

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wong, A; Tjosvold, DN; Yu, ZY
• 署名单位: Lingnan University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.4.782
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 782-791
• 关键词: organizational partnerships; self-interest; goal-interdependence; and opportunism

摘要

Opportunism in organizational partnerships may be understood in terms of how partners conclude that their self-interests are related to each other. When partners believe that their goals are competitively but not cooperatively related, they are tempted to pursue their self-interests opportunistically. Cognitive understandings and values of a shared vision may help partners believe their goals are cooperatively related. Results from 103 pairs of customer and supplier, organizations support the argument that partnerships are not inevitably threatened by opportunism. Using structural equation analysis, the authors suggested that shared vision can help partners develop cooperative goals that lead to low levels of opportunism. These results suggest that a shared vision and cooperative goals are important foundations for effective organizational partnerships.