Abstract
This study examines the effect of supervisors’ Confucian values on interpersonal trust, interpersonal justice, and information sharing in the context of South Korean workers, using multilevel analysis. We also investigate the moderating roles of blood, regional, and school ties (BRST) among their relationships. A survey was conducted with 46 supervisors and 210 subordinates from South Korean manufacturing companies. Our empirical findings indicated that supervisors’ Confucian values were positively associated with the interpersonal trust, interpersonal justice, and information sharing of subordinates. Contrary to our expectation, the BRST had no significant moderating role in the relationship between supervisors’ Confucian values and interpersonal trust, interpersonal justice, and information sharing of subordinates. Our study contributes to organisational behaviour and psychology by highlighting the significance of societal values such as Confucian values in understanding an organisational member's attitude and behaviour in the East Asian region.
Highlights
What kind of influence would a predominant value like religion have on individual behaviour within an organisation? Would this value function effectively within an organisation? There may be controversy over the scope of religion, but it cannot be denied that Christianity in the West, Islam in the Middle East, and Buddhism and Confucianism in East Asia have greatly influenced the values that each society pursues
Confucianism was the focus of this symposium because the assertion was raised by scholars in the latter part of the 20th century that Confucianism was behind the economic development of East Asian countries
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Confucian values on interpersonal trust, interpersonal justice, and information sharing, and the moderating role of BRST on the relationships between them
Summary
What kind of influence would a predominant value like religion have on individual behaviour within an organisation? Would this value function effectively within an organisation? There may be controversy over the scope of religion, but it cannot be denied that Christianity in the West, Islam in the Middle East, and Buddhism and Confucianism in East Asia have greatly influenced the values that each society pursues. Kahn (1979) asserted that the economic development of East Asia was clearly based on Confucian values. In response to this, Choi (1999) asserted that the societal problems in Korea are not due to Confucian values, but due to the influence of Western culture. O’Reilly et al (1991) found that individual variations in preferences for different organisational cultures are profoundly related to individuals’ personality characteristics, by analysing longitudinal data from accountants and MBA students, and cross-sectional data from employees of government agencies and public accounting firms. They emphasised the importance of understanding the fit between individuals’ preferences and organisational cultures for better organisational effectiveness
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