Dr Jennifer O'Neil j.oneil@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Leadership development in the Hong Kong Civil Service: Accessing social resources through guanxi networks
O’Neil, Jennifer J.; McMillan, Janice; Garavan, Thomas
Authors
Dr Janice McMillan J.McMillan@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Thomas Garavan
Abstract
Drawing on guanxi and conservation of resources theory we explore how close personal ties between middle managers who participated in leadership development, constitutes an important social resource in an East Asian public sector context. We contribute to studies exploring the importance of informal leadership development opportunities and techniques, specifically utilised to overcome public sector structural barriers. We gathered qualitative data from 44 middle managers who had completed formal leadership development within the Hong Kong Civil Service. Our data revealed that high quality Superior‐to‐Subordinate Guanxi helped study participants to gain access to important development resources including further developmental opportunities, stretch assignments, developmental support and feedback. High quality Peer‐to‐Peer Guanxi helped them to gain access to peer tacit knowledge, participation in collaborative development projects and positive peer developmental feedback. Our findings inform future leadership development design and are relevant to East Asian public sector context's where guanxi ties are significant.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 27, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 7, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Feb 28, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 18, 2024 |
Print ISSN | 0271-2075 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2040 |
Keywords | public sector, resources, leadership development, guanxi, Hong Kong |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3526918 |
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