{"product_id":"guanxi-in-contemporary-chinese-business","title":"Guanxi in Contemporary Chinese Business","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoes \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e still matter in 21st century Chinese business and management? Is it really still a culturally distinct form of social interaction, impenetrable by outsiders? Or does it simply resemble the countless other elite networks embedded in business and political spheres across the globe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book answers these questions through a combination of new empirical insight and nuanced conceptual development. Research examples include investigations of multinational enterprise corporate performance, governance structures in Chinese private firms, organisational justice in Chinese banks, entrepreneurial learning and knowledge acquisition, and the gendered and sexualized nature of \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e in the workplace. In terms of firm performance, there is still much to be gained by MNE and Chinese firms through cultivating \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e in different domains, including the political sphere at both the local and national level. However, in terms of employee performance, there is evidence that some younger employees have a strong desire to move towards more merit-based systems and resent being judged on \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e connections. Similarly, some women may find themselves shut out when attempting to navigate conventional \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e relationships based on Confucian paternalism. In brief, these practices may also exclude a large pool of emerging talent. This book clearly shows that \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of the \u003ci\u003eAsia Pacific Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227344621912,"sku":"9780367645069","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367645069_d7b29ad5-bcad-4955-ab24-e9cd0d5e1699.jpg?v=1769144439","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/guanxi-in-contemporary-chinese-business","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}