Management Review ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 276-288.

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A Dual Case Study on the Healthy Growth Path of Chinese Enterprises Paved by Jiangxin Xiumu

Jin Qianying, Pan Ancheng, Cao Zhanfei   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024
  • Received:2023-09-25 Published:2025-11-18

Abstract: Enterprises evolved from Chinese culture are organic wholes rooted in relationships. When dealing with environmental changes, they depend on trust among members to define the order and boundary of daily activities. Trust dominated by value logic may undermine harmonious relational identity and is not conducive to the sustainable and healthy development of enterprises. Therefore, this paper adopts a dual case analysis method to explore the mechanism of the generation of trust based on Zhongyi and enterprises’ growth. The findings are as follows: First, Zhongyi provides behavioral restraint for trust in daily interaction activities. Second, due to Beirang of actors in organizations, the humble leadership style and the humility of members form the practice of Zhongxin in the common emotion. It is further found that Zhongyu Daoyi promotes the organization to “think in the same place”, and mobilizes the integrated power of hierarchy. Xinyu Benfen promotes members to “work together” by maintaining relations, thus strengthening the ability to grasp opportunities of organizational development and quickly regain health when hit by unexpected events. Research shows that trust in accordance with Daoyi promotes the growth of enterprises in the maintenance of harmonious relationships.

Key words: trust, Zhongyi, organizational solidarity, Beirang, Guanxi