My business partner comes from a traditional Chinese family and I'm seeing how the pressure to honor his parents' expectations about our company direction is creating real tension between us, especially when those expectations conflict with decisions we've made together as equal partners.
More people experience this than they realize.
Traditional role obligations are colliding with modern partnership structures, creating competing loyalties that neither person knows how to resolve.
“Where Are You with Confucian role identity?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.