Guanxi in Contemporary Chinese Business - The Persistent Power of Social Networking

Informationen zum Autor Jane Nolan is Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour at the Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. She has published on a wide range of areas, including expatriate management, institutional change and corporate governance in China as well as gender, work and employment. Chris Rowley is Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK, and Professor Emeritus at Cass Business School, City, University of London, UK. He publishes widely on many aspects of work, employment and Asian business and management and provides expert opinion and comments for the international media. Zusammenfassung This book demonstrates that guanxi is a complex concept that holds a persistent power in Chinese societies. To understand it fully we must acknowledge the dynamic nature of both its dark and light sides. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication to Malcolm Warner Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley Malcolm Warner: a tribute Gordon Redding 1. Whither the theory and practice of guanxi and social networks: a critical analysis and overview Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley 2. Ethical cronyism: an insider approach for building guanxi and leveraging business performance in China T.K.P. Leung and Bradley R. Barnes 3. Elective affinity between guanxi favouritism and market rationality: guanxi circles as governance structure in China’s private firms Yanjie Bian and Man Shuai 4. The influence of guanxi on organizational justice and fairness: the example of performance appraisals in Chinese banks Fan Gu, Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley 5. Gendered and sexualized guanxi: the use of erotic capital in the workplace in urban China Ling Tang 6. Founders social ties, learning and entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition in China Biaoan Shan and Xifeng Lu

Product details

• Authors: Jane Rowley Nolan
• Assisted by: Jane Nolan (Editor), Nolan Jane (Editor), Chris Rowley (Editor), Rowley Chris (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367645045
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64504-5
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; China, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Etiquette, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, International business, Sales & marketing, Management of specific areas, Sales and marketing