Abstract Based on the existing research, this study investigates the correspondence between employee categorizations based on trust and subordinate support in organizations through questionnaire and correspondence analysis. The results show that superiors tend to seek decisionmaking support from the subordinates with high competence and emotional support from the ones with high guanxi; superiors will seek strategic or political help from the subordinates with high guanxi, loyalty and competence, emotional support from the ones with high guanxi and loyalty but low competence, actionable advice from the ones with high guanxi or loyalty and high competence, raw information from the ones with low guanxi and competence but high loyalty; loyalty is the most important factor determining the trust given by the superior to subordinate, and the higher position the superior holds the more attention he pays.
2015, Vol. 12 
