caa a22 4500 605484988 CHVBK 20210128100439.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-013-1970-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-013-1970-1 Zhu Yunxia Business School, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, 4072, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut The Role of Qing (Positive Emotions) and Li 1 (Rationality) in Chinese Entrepreneurial Decision Making: A Confucian Ren - Yi Wisdom Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Yunxia Zhu] The intellectual debates on wise entrepreneurship behavior such as decision making tend to focus on the relationship between economic rationality and morality, while overlooking the important role affect plays. To fill in this gap, this paper proposes a theoretical framework based on the Confucian concepts of ren (love and compassion) and yi (righteousness or rightness) and studies their practical manifestation in qing (positive emotions) and li 1 (rationality) for decision making. Drawing from 32 in-depth interviews and 52 vignettes with Chinese SME entrepreneurs, this study has found that qing (emotions) plays an essential role in decision making. Chinese entrepreneurs had to deal with the dilemma relating to qing (positive emotions) and li 1 (rationality) holistically to reach a balanced outcome in their everyday business practices. As a major contribution, this study extends the study of Confucian ethics by highlighting ren-yi as an important perspective for understanding Chinese entrepreneurial decision making and also for promoting the affective dimensions for entrepreneurial ethical decision making in general. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Confucian ethics nationallicence Ren (love and compassion) nationallicence Yi (righteousness) nationallicence Qing (positive emotions) nationallicence Li 1 (rationality) nationallicence Entrepreneurial decision making nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 126/4(2015-02-01), 613-630 0167-4544 126:4<613 2015 126 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1970-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1970-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Zhu Yunxia Business School, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, 4072, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 126/4(2015-02-01), 613-630 0167-4544 126:4<613 2015 126 10551