Productivity and participation values for cooperative goals to limit free riding and promote performance in international joint ventures
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Journal of World Business
Publication Date
11-1-2017
Volume
52
Issue
6
First Page
819
Last Page
830
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
Cooperative and competitive goals, Free riding, International joint ventures, Participation, Productivity
Abstract
This study holds that the development of cooperative goals instead of competitive goals among joint venture partners helps to limit free riding and promote performance in IJVs. The results collected from 75 pairs of Chinese and foreign joint venture partners suggest that productivity and participation values strengthen the partners’ beliefs that their goals are cooperatively related, which in turn, reduces free riding and promotes performance, whereas competitive goals promote free riding and obstruct joint performance. The paper also suggests how cooperation and competition research can complement established theoretical frameworks on the conditions and dynamics that result in IJV productivity.
DOI
10.1016/j.jwb.2017.08.002
Print ISSN
10909516
E-ISSN
18785573
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wong, A., Wei, L., Yang, J., & Tjosvold, D. (2017). Productivity and participation values for cooperative goals to limit free riding and promote performance in international joint ventures. Journal of World Business, 52(6), 819-830. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.08.002