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Learning by Doing: Emerging Paths of Chinese Management Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Shuming Zhao  and
Chunyan Jiang
Shuming Zhao
Affiliation:
Nanjing University, China
Chunyan Jiang
Affiliation:
Nanjing University, China
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Abstract

This commentary reviews Chinese management research since its beginning more than thirty years ago and considers the emerging paths that contemporary scholars may follow. Following Barney and Zhang's (2009) article as well as Whetten's article (2009) in this issue, we first clarify what the two paths (a theory of Chinese management and a Chinese theory of management) would mean for the Chinese scholar. We then discuss the possible interplay between these two paths and suggest it is time to take the road less travelled rather than to over-travel the more popular road. We conclude that practice will prove the final judge on the paths pursued and that the insights from the Barney and Zhang and Whetten articles help sharpen our understanding of the challenges.

Keywords

Chinese management researchChinese theory of managementlearning by doingtheory of Chinese management从做中学中国管理学研究管理的中国理论中国管理理论
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Commentaries
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 107 - 119
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2009

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