RELACJE MIĘDZY PRZEŁOŻONYM A PODWŁADNYM W CHINACH — ANALIZA WYPOWIEDZI CHIŃSKICH PRACOWNIKÓW W ŚWIETLE PSYCHOLOGII ORGANIZACJI

Joanna Grzybek , Karolina Mazurowska

Abstract

The article presents the perspective of Chinese employees on relationships between supervisors and subordinates in the context of changes in the local work setting. It was investigated whether, within the scope of several years between the Globe research in China and qualitative research presented in the article, differences in attitudes of Chinese employees towards greater assertiveness, independence at work and lower hierarchy may be observed. In order to further our understanding of the changing nature of supervisor-subordinate attitudes, this article examines data obtained from in-depth interviews conducted among Chinese managers in local or/and multinational companies in Mainland China. Critical incidents describing misunderstandings in work setting were collected, transcribed and coded with support of N-Vivo software. Results of the study present attributions of subordinate and supervisor described by respondents in critical incidents and show how employees perceive each other. Authors describe the pattern for establishing relationships with co-workers in the business work setting in China and characteristics of their cooperation