Guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship

Zhang, Carol X.; Kimbu, Albert N.; Lin, Pearl and Ngoasong, Michael (2020). Guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship. Tourism Management, 81, article no. 104137.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104137

Abstract

Drawing on the literature examining women intrapreneurship, Chinese guanxi and tourism, this article critically explores a theoretical framework for understanding guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship in a nonwestern and highly patriarchal destination. Through a qualitative analysis of women managers from twenty-four medium and large tourism firms in China, the study provides evidence of Guanxi as socially embedded personal relationships for the exchange of favors, enabling women managers to initiate specific types of women intrapreneurship initiatives in their organizations. The findings reveal how the women managers draw on three forms of guanxi (external, within and back-stage) to display intrapreneurial actions as well as the firm-specific factors that constitute important determinants of women intrapreneurship. The managerial implications for encouraging and supporting women intrapreneurs are critically examined.

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