4663 
6057As the world’s largest manufacturing power, how to relieve the huge work stress faced by Chinese employees for a long time has been an important issue for Chinese enterprises and academia. In this paper, a single-case longitudinal study of NINGBO SUNRISE ELC TECHONOLOGY CO. LTD is carried out using the procedural grounded theory. It is found that enterprises can affect employees emotionally and cognitively through in-depth and continuous Confucian culture education and practice, including precept education, example education and environmental education. Precept education means that the enterprise arranges employees to study Confucian culture books, which mainly include classics such as The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, The Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean. In addition, it also includes more accessible and widely influential folk books such as The Book of Filial Piety and Standards for Students. Example education means that leaders set an example and influence the behavior of employees through their own actions. Environmental education means that the enterprise implements a series of Confucian cultural practices that care for employees to form a positive and harmonious atmosphere, which ultimately affects the behavior of employees. In this way, employees’ behaviors towards work and colleagues can be improved, and finally a good effect of relieving employees’ work stress can be achieved. The theoretical contributions of this paper are as follows: Based on the unique perspective of cultural tradition, this paper puts forward the model of “Cultural Compatibility–Work Stress Relief” and analyzes the internal mechanism of Confucian culture to relieve the work stress of employees, in which the superficial reason is that Confucian culture is the main tradition of employees’ life and the deep one is that Confucian culture advocates the spirit of self-improvement and self-examination.
/ Journals / Foreign Economics & Management
Foreign Economics & Management
LiZengquan, Editor-in-Chief
ZhengChunrong, Vice Executive Editor-in-Chief
YinHuifang HeXiaogang LiuJianguo, Vice Editor-in-Chief
Research on the Mechanism of Confucian Culture in Relieving Work Stress
Foreign Economics & Management Vol. 42, Issue 05, pp. 105 - 120 (2020) DOI:10.16538/j.cnki.fem.20200308.102
Summary
References
Summary
[1] Cheng X L, Chao G, Wang L, Chang S C, Cheng M Y. Research on the Mission of Chinese Corporate Academy in the Context of Cultural Rejuvenation[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2019, 16(07): 977-986.
[2] Chao G, Qian C, Chen H H, Wang L. Research on the Generalized Exchange Behavior of Traditional Culture Practicing Enterprises[J]. China Industrial Economics, 2019(06): 173-192.
[3] Chen C H, Lü L. The Disjunction and Its Bridging of Management Research and Practice:An Interview with Chen Chunhua[J]. Foreign Economics & Management, 2017, 39(06): 12- 22.
[4] Chen C H, Song Y X, Cao Z T. Chinese Indigenous Management Research:Retrospect and Prospect[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2014, 11(03): 321-329.
[5] Tu W M. Common Values Contributed by Confucianism to Mankind——Speech at the Launching Ceremony of the 24th World Philosophy[J]. Chuanshan Journal, 2017(05): 1-4.
[6] Feng Y L. A brief history of Chinese philosophy[M]. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1996: 60．
[7] He X. Can interactional justice solve the silence problem?[J]. Management World, 2009(04): 128-134.
[8] Jia X D, Heng L. Research on the Paradigm of Chinese Indigenous Management Theory Building Bases on the Grounded Spirit[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2016(03): 336-346.
[9] Jin D P, Wang X X, Yao P. Why Are Brand Fans Fanatic? —— A Grounded Study Based on Insider Perspective[J]. Management World, 2016(09): 102-119.
[10] Jing H B. Confucian Coping and Its Role to Mental Health[J]. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 2006(01): 126-134.
[11] Liu C, Wang F Y. The Influence of Goal Orientation of the Confucian Culture on Formation of Chinese Personality[J]. Psychological Research, 2014, 7(06): 19-24.
[12] Redfield R(Written), Wang Y (translated). Peasant Society and Culture: An Anthropological Appoach to Civilization[M]. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2013.
[13] Song L L. On the Application of Confucianism in Dealing with Work Stress[J]. Modern Business, 2015(06): 63-64.
[14] Strauss A, Corbin J. Introduction to Qualitative Research [M]. Xu zong-guo(translator). Taipei: magnum opus, 1997.
[15] Wang X Q, Li M X. A Review on the Effect of Work Stress on Employee's Proactive Behavior[J]. Soft Science, 2017, 31(03): 73-76.
[16] Wang Y F, Cai R Y, Lin X C. The Relationship between Perceived Insider Status and Employee's Innovative Behavior:A Study of a Moderated Mediating Model[J]. Foreign Economics & Management, 2014, 36(10): 40-53.
[17] Wei J, Zhang M, Yang B Y. Traditional Culture Impacting Organizational Identification or Not:Research on the Perceived Channels of Chinese Employee[J]. China Industrial Economics, 2008(06): 118-126.
[18] Wu X M, Su Z W. Cross-border M & A as a lever for technology catch-up: a perspective of dynamic capabilities[J]. Management World, 2014(04):146-164.
[19] Yeh K H, Yang G S. Chinese Filial Piety: A Psychological Analysis[M]. Chongqing: Chongqing University Press, 2009: 105-106.
[20] Zhang C H. Analysis of Stress Management from the Perspective of Human Resource Management[J]. Human Resource Management, 2015(10): 67-68.
[21] Zhang H R, Li Q. Models for Employee Assistance Programs to Promote New Generation Migrant Workers' Urban Integration: Human Capital, Social Capital, or Psychological Capital[J]. Management World, 2015(06): 180-181.
[22] Zhang J L, Wang Q Q, Liu J. Concept and causes of employee organizational territorial infringement behaviors: A grounded study of employee behaviors in a retail company[J/OL]. Foreign Economics & Management: 1-16[2020-02-28]. https://doi.org/10.16538/j.cnki.fem.20190926.008.
[23] Cooper C L, Marshall J. Understanding executive stress[M]. London: Macmillan Press, 1978.
[24] Eisenhardt K M, Graebner M E. Theory building from cases: Opportunities and challenges[J]. Academy of Management Journal, 2007, 50(1): 25-32.
[25] Grover S L, Teo S T T, Pick D, et al. Mindfulness as a personal resource to reduce work stress in the job demands-resources model[J]. Stress and Health, 2017, 33(4): 426-436.
[26] Igic I, Keller A C, Elfering A, et al. Ten-year trajectories of stressors and resources at work: Cumulative and chronic effects on health and well-being[J]. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2017, 102(9): 1317-1343.
[27] Johansen M L, Cadmus E. Conflict management style, supportive work environments and the experience of work stress in emergency nurses[J]. Journal of Nursing Management, 2016, 24(2): 211-218.
[28] Khoo R, McVicar A, Brandon D. Service user involvement in postgraduate mental health education. Does it benefit practice?[J]. Journal of Mental Health, 2004, 13(5): 481-492.
[29] LaMontagne A D, D’Souza R M, Shann C B. Socio-demographic and work setting correlates of poor mental health in a population sample of working Victorians: Application in evidence-based intervention priority setting[J]. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2012, 14(2): 109-122.
[30] Lazarus R S, Folkman S. The concept of coping[J]. Stress Appraisal & Coping, 1996, 12(2): 385-395.
[31] Marwat A K, Shah I M, Khan S, et al. Teachers’ stress, performance & resources: The moderating effects of resources on stress & performance[J]. International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2012, 2(2): 21-29.
[32] Munz D C, Kohler J M, Greenberg C I. Effectiveness of a comprehensive worksite stress management program: Combining organizational and individual interventions[J]. International Journal of Stress Management, 2001, 8(1): 49-62.
[33] Oberg K. Cultural shock: Adjustment to new cultural environments[J]. Missiology: An International Review, 1960, os-7(4): 177-182.
[34] Park C L, Armeli S, Tennen H. Appraisal-coping goodness of fit: A daily internet study[J]. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 2004, 30(5): 558-569.
[35] Rathi N, Barath M. Work‐family conflict and job and family satisfaction: Moderating effect of social support among police personnel[J]. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 2013, 32(4): 438-454.
[36] Riketta M. Organizational identification: A meta-analysis[J]. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005, 66(2): 358-384.
[37] Rodell J B, Judge T A. Can “good” stressors spark “bad” behaviors? The mediating role of emotions in links of challenge and hindrance stressors with citizenship and counterproductive behaviors[J]. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2009, 94(6): 1438-1451.
[38] Webster J R, Beehr T A, Love K. Extending the challenge-hindrance model of occupational stress: The role of appraisal[J]. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011, 79(2): 505-516.
Cite this article
Chang Saichao, Chen Chunhua, Chao Gang, et al. Research on the Mechanism of Confucian Culture in Relieving Work Stress[J]. Foreign Economics & Management, 2020, 42(5): 105-120.
Export Citations as:
For
ISSUE COVER
RELATED ARTICLES
