"Great Man" (Chun-Tzu) and "Small Man" (Hsiao-jen) in the Confucian Analects: a transformation approach
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To clarify the understanding of human behavior presented in ancient Chinese texts and to investigate the relationship between these texts and modern theories of human behavior, this study analyzes the concepts of 'great man' and 'small man' in the Confucian Analects. It presents and justifies a transformation approach to these concepts, under which specific descriptors found in the Confucian text are grouped. Two dimensions-whether or not a descriptor involves interaction with others and whether a decriptor refers to a characteristic that is directly observable or only indirectly inferable-are used to group decriptors of the great man and the small man. Descriptors unrelated to behavior or otherwise unidentifiable are excluded. Remaining descriptors are classified into four groups: interactive/directly observable, interactive/indirectly inferred, noninteractive/directly observable and noninteractive/indirectly inferred. Implications for organizational management in general and for the analysis of Chinese organizations in particular are explored. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1991
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The impact of behavior modeling training on self-reports of white supervisors in two South African mines
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The present study assessed whether behavior modeling training would improve the self-reports of white, first-line supervisors in relation to their black subordinates in two South African mines. Self-reports of behavior were elicited from 50 supervisors equally split into experimental and control groups. Controllng for pretraining differences, the 25 supervisors trained in behavior modeling reported significantly greater improvements in supportive behaviors than the control group of 25 untrained supervisors, selected from the same departments at the two mines. Conversely, controlling for pretraining scores, no differences were found for changes in abusive supervisory behavior. The importance of adopting a broad, multimodal attitudinal and behavioral intervention approach to dealing with improving race relations is discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1992
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Role of trust in privatization: Transformation of the Electricity Utility in the Gambia
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A qualitative study is done of the privatization of an electricity utility in the Gambia, which went through three forms of privatization between 1965 and 1999. The organizational dynamics under the three governance structures is explored by using trust as an analytical construct.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 2005
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