Managing Legitimacy - A Salvage Organizational Ethnography of a Private Tutorial Center in

From an out-of-school perspective, the book studies private supplementary tutoring, also widely known as shadow education within the Chinese education landscape.

List of contents

1: Introduction 2: Fieldwork and Field Site 3: Response to Government Regulations: Gaining and Maintaining Regulatory Legitimacy 4: Providing Customer-Satisfied Services: Gaining, Maintaining, and Repairing Legitimacy 5: Self-media Advertising: Dispelling Public Doubts 6: Summary, Discussions, and Policy Implications

About the author

Zhen Tao is currently the Assistant Professor (Teaching) at the School of Humanities and Social Science and the Warden of Minerva College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. His research interests include education policy, shadow education, and higher education.

Summary

From an out-of-school perspective, the book studies private supplementary tutoring, also widely known as shadow education within the Chinese education landscape.

Product details

• Authors: Zhen Tao
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032956060
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295606-0
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Asia, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education