從引進到引領: 台灣組織行為研究的創造性轉化.

Organizational behavior (OB) research in Taiwan has been flourishing for over half a century. The article aims to illustrate the process of OB development in Taiwan from my experience—how did elect the research approach under the circumstances of culturalism? These pathways include the etic introduction, cross-cultural comparison, indigenous psychology, globalized dialogue, and practical action approaches. The choice of approach depends on the context in which the individual is located. In 1970s Taiwan, OB researchers mostly believed that the only way to modernize was to learn the latest knowledge from the United States (US) and Western Europe (WE). Therefore, we take the cultural neutrality position, believing that the principles of OB research should be universal and must be actively imitated. Subsequently, the etic approach has become the trend to transplant important OB concepts, theories and measurements directly. Because of Japan’s outstanding economic outlook, the intervening effects of the cultural context have gradually become an inevitable concern, which motivated the OB researchers to adopt cultural relativism to examine the outcome of implementing western theories across various cultures—comparing the OB between Taiwan, US, and WE. Nevertheless, since the cross-cultural research was developing based on western theories, the understanding of OB in Taiwan remained inadequate. Meanwhile, the perspectives of cultural psychology and cultural characteristic have caught more researchers’ attention, coupled with the promotion of Taiwan’s indigenous psychology movement, indigenous exploration began to be adopted. Throughout the long-term systematic research, we were dedicated to developing theories and collecting data to puzzle the insufficient understanding of OB research. Simultaneously, we positively engaged in the conversation to understand OB’s East and Western perspectives. We also expected to integrate the OB concepts with cultural contexts. Since the 21st century, the perspective of multicultural convergence has been highlighted as a gateway to opening up the globalized conversation. As a result, solving practical problems has become crucial for social science researchers by conducting systematic action research. That is, we solved the managerial problems based on constructing OB knowledge. Above, in turn, enhanced the theory’s effectiveness, reliability, and feasibility. As going through all the pathways, we learned that the full-cycle approach enables us to expand and innovate the OB knowledge and accomplish the missions as OB researchers — taking into account theoretical contribution and practical implications, hypothesis and evidence, as well as research and help. Ultimately, our study can potentially manage managerial issues, enhance well-being and facilitate the sustainable development of organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]