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1、ManagementandOrganizationReview8:11–5doi:10.1111/j.1740-8784.2012.00288.xEditorialIndigenousChineseManagementResearch:LikeItorNot,WeNeedItKwokLeungCityUniversityofHongKong,HongKongINDIGENOUSMANAGEMENTRESEARCHWhatisthemostfruitfulapproachtodevelopingChinesemanagementresearchisperhap
2、sthesinglemostimportantquestionthatManagementandOrganizationReviewissetuptoaddress.Acomplexquestionsuchasthisonetypicallyengendersdiverseviews,andtherehasbeenanongoingdebateaboutthebestwayforward.ThecruxofthedebatecentersonwhetheritismoreproductivetofocusonuniversalorChina-specific(
3、indigenous)managementtheories(e.g.Barney&Zhang,2009;Cheng,Wang,&Huang,2009).TheindigenousapproachrequirestheadoptionofChineseperspectivesinconceptualizingresearchproblemsandformulatingtheo-ries(fordetail,seeLi,Leung,Chen,&Luo,2012).Thereisaconstantpleaforattentiontocontextinmanagem
4、entresearch,andweshouldalsoputthisdebateincontext.TheU.S.hasbeenthedominanteconomicpowerafterWorldWarIIaswellasthedominantsourceofmanagementresearchandtheories.DespitethemonumentalworkofHofstede(1980)onculturaldimen-sions,mostresearchersdonotworryaboutwhetherresearchandtheoriescomi
5、ngoutoftheU.S.contextwouldgeneralizetootherculturalcontexts.TherehasnotbeenanysignificanttrendtorequireresearchandtheoriesdevelopedintheU.S.contexttotakeintoaccounttheirrelevanceandapplicabilityinotherculturalcontexts.Incontrast,indigenousresearchandtheoriesdevelopedintheChinesecont
6、exttypicallygenerateaknee-jerkreactionabouttheirpotentiallackofgener-alizabilitytootherculturalcontexts.Asanillustration,papersbasedonU.S.datatypicallydonotcarryadisclaimerabouttheirpotentiallackofgeneralizabiliytootherculturalcontexts,whereaspapersbasedonChinesedatausuallyincludea
7、caveatabouttheuncertaintyofculturalgenerality.Thisdifferencecaneasilybeexplainedbyeconomicpower.IfatheoryorasetoffindingsworksintheU.S.,itis©2012TheInternationalAssociationforChineseManagementResearch2EditoriallikelytoworkreasonablywellinWesternEurope,whichisprettymuchwhatmattersine
8、conomicterms.Whetherornoti