Information technology use in Chinese firms and work-family conflict: The moderating role of guanxi

Modern Chinese firms are characterized by high digitization, as well as by traditional guanxi. It is unclear how these modern and old characteristics operate in tandem to influence employee outcomes. We make first strides toward bridging this gap by leveraging theories of interpersonal relationships (social exchange, leader-member exchange and interpersonal trust theories) to suggest that two types of guanxi, supervisor-subordinate guanxi and …