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Dec
6
2011

"Empowering workers is considered the acme of enlightened management in the West, where employees are typically looking for independence from their bosses and "ownership" of their jobs. But try to empower employees in China, and you're likely to get the opposite of what you expect. "

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  • Chinese culture and history work to prevent employees from taking advantage of empowerment when it's offered to them.
  • First, Chinese tend to be fearful of making mistakes, especially with a new leader. They worry about inadvertently straying too far from where the leader wants them to be, and they see risk in asking questions that might make them appear ignorant and expose them to painful criticism.
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