Results: Chinese Managers

Abstract

The present research also sought to determine if there were significant empirical differences between western expatriate managers and host Chinese managers working in the same MNCs in terms of the ways they learn and adapt to managerial responsibilities within MNCs. To explore this question, the researcher returned to the western MNCs that participated in the study and asked 12 of the medium to large organizations that supported the previous research regarding western expatriate managers to participate in a further study. Eight western MNCs agreed to participate in the further study. The participating organization members were administered the Chinese version of the LSI, the Chinese version of the TKIM, and a revised demographic questionnaire in Chinese. One hundred and thirty-three host Chinese managers participated in the study. This chapter first provides the descriptive statistics and the results of the correlation analysis of all metric variables (including demographic characteristics) regarding host Chinese managers in this study. Then, the presentation concentrates on host Chinese managers’ learning styles, their levels of accumulated managerial tacit knowledge, and the differences between them and western expatriate managers in terms of these two characteristics

Appendix H: Correlation Matrix (Host Chinese Managers)

Means, standard deviations and inter-correlations for all research variables

	Mean	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Gender	1.51	0.502	_
2. Age	2.17	0.510	0.091	_
3. Time in MNCs	4.57	0.568	−0.101	0.512	_
4. Time in managerial role	3.47	1.105	−0.153*	0.317*	0.445*	_
5. Job position	2.41	0.565	−0.056	0.302*	0.417**	0.309*	_
6. AC-CE	8.26	8.494	−0.218*	−0.011	0.215*	0.187	0.190	0.72
7. AE-RO	4.09	12.602	−0.053	−0.104	−0.371**	0.216*	0.112	0.225**	0.73
8. Managerial tacit knowledge	1.188	0.150	0.031	−0.107	−0.119	−0.270**	0.318**	0.118*	−0.017	0.80

1. n = 133; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01
2. Coefficient alpha reliabilities are reported in parentheses in the correlation diagonals
3. Gender 1 male, 2 female