Power analysis of “Gong Gao Zhen Zhu”: Power distance theory confirmation
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Pan, Han-Yun
Abstract
In view of the ”Gong Gao Zhen Zhu” has deep influence，but few scholars discuss it. Furthermore，the theoretical interpretation of this phenomenon are base on “Power”. Therefore，From the perspective of power, combined with Power distance theory to understand the "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu", and to further examine the theory in the interpretation of "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu" applicability.First，According to power distance theory and the typical case of "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu"，provided five proposition：1. When leader or subordinate gains power, will feel satisfaction; the other hand, will feel unsatisfied；2. When leader or subordinate are faced to the more powerful person, they will show stronger tendency to reduce the distance to the powerful person.；4. When subordinate’s power distance reduction tendency are stronger than leader’s power enlargement tendency, that will cause "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu"；5. When subordinate find that they have more self-confidence than supervisor, they will show a stronger tendency to reduce the distance to the supervisor, that will cause "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu". Second，through five historical case and three contemporary case’s multiple case study, these results showed that there were two important factors have not mentioned in power distance theory, these factors are supervisor''s perception and emotion response. Then, provided two proposition－Proposition 6：when leader feel the distance between them and subordinate is too small, and the subordinate hasn’t loyalty to them, will cause "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu", and Proposition 7：when leader feel the distance between them and subordinate is too small, and subordinate is threaten to them，will cause "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu"；the other hand，will not cause it. Finally，contributions and limitations are discussed, and suggestions are provided for future studies and managerial implications。
Subjects
Power
Power distance theory
Gong Gao Zhen Zhu
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