Abstract:
Social face values are found to have influence on the willingness of sharing information within cultural
contexts. Face values profoundly penetrate the whole Chinese society, reflecting a high collectivist and
large power distance culture. In such culture, members stress greater mutual-face and other’s face than
member in individualistic cultures, which express more self-face maintenance. Previous studies address
the face issues from diverse disciplines. However, there is limited research on how face issues
influence on managerial behavior in manager-subordinate relationships through an empirical
examination. We explore the extent to which a manager’s superior face saving is related to their sharing
information with subordinates and inviting their initiatives. The findings of the study indicate that
superior face-saving is negatively associated with sharing information with subordinates
