"Chinese say that 'blood is thicker than water,' and family enterprises are founded on just this kind of relationship," Ch'en Tzung-hsien a professor at the Chinese Culture University, has pointed out in a paper. This has adversely affected the normal labor-management relationship.
「中國人講『血濃於水』，講求『緣』，包括血緣、地緣等。家族企業就是建立在這種特殊關係上」，文化大學勞工系講師陳宗賢在一篇論文中指出，由於重視「情誼」，因而論事時往往「情在理之先」，對員工績效的評估不夠客觀和重視，影響正常勞資關係的形成。