There are substantial differences between the Chinese and western approaches to business formation and operations. This paper compares the two approaches by critically examining the traditional Chinese family business and the associated Chinese clan business. In addition, the paper explores both the Chinese family and clan business operations in the areas of human resource management, organizational structure and control, employee motivation, employee performance appraisal, and power and authority.
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Gatfield et al. (2001) studied this question.