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Chinese Context and Theoretical Contributions to Management and Organization Research: A Replication and Extension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2025

Shuyang You ,
Liangding Jia Open the ORCID record for Liangding Jia [Opens in a new window] ,
Yang Wang ,
Chenxin Liu  and
Nianwei Yin
Shuyang You
Affiliation:
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
Liangding Jia
Affiliation:
Nanjing University, China
Yang Wang*
Affiliation:
Nanjing University, China
Chenxin Liu
Affiliation:
Nanjing University, China
Nianwei Yin
Affiliation:
Nanjing University, China
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Corresponding author: Yang Wang ([email protected])
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Abstract

We replicate and extend Jia, You, and Du's (2012) study. We added samples from the last 13 years (from 2011 to 2023) and analyzed these new samples using the same methodology as the 2012 article. Our replication found that in the last 13 years, 4 articles in the six leading journals and 16 articles in Management and Organization Review (MOR) have the highest degree of Chinese contextualization in concepts (what), their relationships (how), and the logics underlying the relationships (why). The Chinese context continues to contribute novel knowledge. The extension study fully demonstrates that in the 20 years since its birth, MOR has been on the path of pursuing its original aspiration and realizing its mission. On the what, why, and joint contextualization dimensions, the proportion of articles published in MOR with high contextualized theoretical contributions is higher than the proportion in the six leading journals. On the theory-building dimension, the overall degree of the articles published in MOR is higher than that of those published in the six leading journals. This indicates that MOR publishes articles that are not only of high quality and make general theoretical contributions, but also are highly relevant to the Chinese context.

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摘要

早在2012年，Jia、You和Du曾经收集之前三十年在管理学六个顶级期刊上发表的论文中包含中国情景的文章数量，并从三个维度 -- 概念（“是什么”）、关系（“如何”）和逻辑（“为什么”）来分析论文的中国情景含量的高低。本文的研究沿用了上述论文的方法，加入从 2011年至2023年期间发表的基于中国情境的组织管理研究论文，采用复制法进行了分析。结果表明，在过去13年中，那六个管理学顶级期刊中只有4篇论文，但《组织管理研究》（MOR）中却有16篇论文体现出高水平的中国情境特征。进一步的拓展研究发现，《组织管理研究》在其创刊以来的20年中，始终不忘初心、践行使命。MOR的论文不仅在概念、逻辑以及文章整体情境化方面要高于6个管理学顶刊，而且从构建新理论角度看，也高于6个管理学顶刊。这表明MOR发表的论文既具有普适性理论贡献，又更能反映中国的情境特征。

Keywords

Chinese contextChinese management researchcontextualizationManagement and Organization Reviewtheoretical contributions中国情境中国管理研究情境化理论贡献组织管理研究
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2024 , pp. 875 - 904
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Association for Chinese Management Research

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