Defining the boundaries of computing across complex organizations
Critical issues in information systems research
Information resource management—a cross-cultural perspective
Information and Management
Qualitative research in information systems
MIS Quarterly
Management information systems in the Chinese business culture: an explanatory theory
Information and Management
GIS for district-level administration in India: problems and opportunities
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
Power, politics, and MIS implementation
Communications of the ACM
Information Systems and Global Diversity
Information Systems and Global Diversity
The Influence of Relational Demography and Guanxi: the Chinese Case
Organization Science
Dimensions of power and IS implementation
Information and Management
ERP in China: one package, two profiles
Communications of the ACM - Has the Internet become indispensable?
An empirical investigation of socio-cultural factors of information sharing in China
Information and Management
Behaviour & Information Technology
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This paper explores the way one particular manager of the MIS department at TaiJen uses expert knowledge to adopt political tactics to achieve his goals of self-interest in information system development (ISD) processes. Based on qualitative data collected from TaiJen (pseudonym), the study interweaves Chinese Power Game: Face and Favor Theory and Confucian Relationalism into the different kinds of political tactics utilized by the MIS department manager. An appropriate categorization of political tactics is constructed based on two dimensions: ''relatively strong/weak power'' and ''winning/losing position.'' Nine kinds of political tactics are grouped into four types: aggression, defense, strengthening and withdrawal, and the different tactics used by the manager of the MIS department on his supervisors, equals and subordinates are categorized on the basis of these types. In view of the important role played by Asia in the 21st Century, particularly by Chinese cultural societies, which represent a hugely significant market to all global enterprises, it is hoped that this study will assist the business world in understanding the culture that places emphasis on the conducting of business through interpersonal relationships.