Guanxi and its role in business
Guanxi and its role in business
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DOI：
10.1108/17506140710828532
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发表时间：
2007-10
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Meiling Wong
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文献类型：
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作者：
Meiling Wong
目的-关系被认为是帮助进入利润丰厚且不断增长的中国市场的一个显著特征。尽管许多人对关系进行了很好的定义和分类，但在构建关系网络的儒家思想中被破坏的核心价值观，关系如何运作的机制，以及使它们在中国社会持续和持久的因素，很少被彻底讨论。本研究试图从社会文化的角度考察关系及其在商业中的作用。设计/方法论/方法--本文采用定性研究方法，即访谈和问卷调查相结合的方法。定量研究方法也被用来检验和讨论结果的一致性。结果表明，关系，中国人独特的文化特征，不仅仅是连接社会网络，它还在制定中国社会做生意的规则方面起到了作用。研究的局限性/含义-本文提供了一个内在的观点，以期对中国社会的商业活动产生积极的影响。
Purpose – Guanxi is believed to be a striking feature that helps to enter a profitable and growing Chinese market. Though many have guanxi well‐defined and classified, the core value undermined within the Confucianism that constructs guanxi networks, the mechanism of how guanxi works, and the factors that make them sustainable and durable in Chinese societies have rarely been discussed thoroughly. From the socio‐cultural view, this study seeks to examine guanxi and its role in business.Design/methodology/approach – The paper used a combination of qualitative research approaches, namely interviews, and questionnaire for survey. The quantitative research approaches was also chosen to test and discuss for the results consistency.Findings – The result suggests guanxi, the unique cultural character of Chinese, does not simply connect the social networks; it also plays the role in setting the rules in doing business in Chinese society.Research limitations/implications – This paper provides an inner view which o...