Introduction
When the Chinese Values and the Search for Culture-Free Dimensions of Culture: The Chinese Culture Connection was conducted in 1987, interest in recent organizational transformation in response to globalization and capital market entry by the command economy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) laid forth new ideas about the cultural consequences of business practices, and especially communications connected to trade transactions. The Chinese Values Survey (CVS) stands as a landmark document, providing important insight into global-local changes in political economy underway in China during the period. The introduction of change specifically linked to technological innovation has been ...