Guanxi and Social Capital

Ruan, Ji

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40754-8_3

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“…As a complex institution regulating inter- and intra-household relationships, gifting in China has attracted significant academic attention. Acting as an important instrument not only for networking and building social capital but also for signalling filial piety, gifting is used as the main means to express and maintain relationship-based ties specifically identified in the Chinese culture – including concepts such as guanxi (one's particularistic ties; Kipnis, 1996) or renqin (favour exchange; Ruan, 2017). The flow of gifts in China permeates society and is advanced to follow existing norms of gift-giving (Yan, 1996), regulating a wide range of exchanges, from the casual gifting of cigarettes to gifts to medical professionals during consultations.…”

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Money or in-kind gift? Evidence from red packets in China

Hudík¹,

Fang

2019

Journal of Institutional Economics

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In Western societies, in-kind gifts are generally more common than money gifts. However, exchange of in-kind gifts potentially involves inefficiency. Several models have been suggested to explain the in-kind gift-giving practice as a rational behaviour under certain assumptions about givers’ preferences and information and/or technological constraints. Unlike many Western societies, China has a long tradition of money gift-giving. So-called red packets are commonly exchanged. We argue that models developed to rationalise Western norms of gift-giving cannot fully account for Chinese gift-giving practices, and some Chinese practices even contradict existing theories. We collect Chinese household data through two surveys to establish stylised facts about gift-giving. We find that money gifts are commonly appropriate, depending on the occasion and relationship between givers and receivers. Moreover, for every occasion and relationship, money is more appropriate than gift vouchers. Finally, unlike studies focusing on Western gift-giving, our study finds no evidence that givers need to compensate receivers with higher value when giving money gifts rather than in-kind gifts. Our results are consistent with the view that the acceptability of money vis-à-vis in-kind gifts is governed primarily by social convention rather than information and technological constraints or the specific preferences of givers.

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Money or in-kind gift? Evidence from red packets in China

Hudík¹,

Fang

2019

Journal of Institutional Economics

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“…Chinese Confucian values(CCVs), the common base of social culture in China is a complex system of moral, social, political, and religious thoughts with regard to an individual’s relationships with others and appropriate conduct [ 38 ]. A cross-culture study indicated that the Chinese have highest level of collectivism and interpersonal trust among 42 countries [ 39 ] The concept most closely related to social capital is guanxi in Chinese culture, which refers to personal relationships, connections, or networks based on CCVs, which can potentially be utilized to acquire resources in informal and interpersonal forms [ 40 ]. These CCCs include xinyong (trustworthiness), mianzi (face), renqing (norms of interpersonal behavior), reciprocity, and obligation [ 41 ], which permeate all aspects of daily life in China.…”

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Associations between psychosocial work environments and social capital: a multilevel analysis study in a Chinese context

Gao

Wang

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BMC Public Health

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BackgroundUnderstanding the determinants of social capital is the prerequisite to building social capital. However there was few studies to explore factors related to workplace social capital. We aim to examine associations between psychosocial work environments and social capital in a Chinese context through a cross-sectional study.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in Shanghai, China from December 2016 through March 2017. In total, 2380 workers from 32 workplaces were randomly sampled by a two-stage sampling procedure. Workplace social capital (WSC), psychosocial work environments (PWEs), and workplace Chinese Confucian values (CCVs), were assessed using validated and psychometrically tested measures. Multilevel ordinal regression models were used to examine the associations of WSC with individual- and workplace-level PWEs and workplace CCVs after controlling for individual socioeconomic characteristics.ResultsAfter controlling for individual socioeconomic characteristics, all individual-level PWEs (unstandardized coefficients [B] ranging from 0.280 to 2.467) were positively associated with WSC. Individual-level workplace CCVs had mixed associations with WSC—high individual levels of respect for authorities (B: 0.325; 95%CI: 0.134, 0.516) and altruism (B: 0.347; 95%CI: 0.155, 0.539) were associated with high WSC, while high individual levels of acceptance of authorities (B: − 0.214; 95%CI: − 0.381, − 0.046) and the mianzi rule (B: − 0.258; 95%CI: − 0.435, − 0.080) were associatecd with low WSC. No workplace-level variable was associated with WSC.ConclusionThese findings suggest that workplace social capital associates with multiple factors. Psychosocial work environments and cultural context are important in understanding variations in workplace social capital between individuals.

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“… 22 For a further explanation, refer to Ji Ruan, Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China (Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan, 2017), 45. …”

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Guānxì and the Centurion: A Preliminary Chinese-Indonesian Intercultural Reading of the Bible (Luke 7:1-10 as a Test Case)

Baito

2023

The Expository Times

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This article offers a preliminary Chinese-Indonesian intercultural reading of biblical texts. Taking Luke 7:1-10 as a test case, it examines the interplay of three variables: the centurion’s faith (Luke 7:1-10), gua¯nxì, and the Chinese-Indonesian Christian Mission. In doing so, it utilises Thomas Grenham’s intercultural theology as its conceptual framework. I argue that reading gua¯nxì and the centurion of Luke 7:1-10 interculturally will illuminate Christian Mission works in Indonesia. While focusing on the Indonesian Mission, I also promote a multidisciplinary approach to missiology for the global and plural context.

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Guanxi and Social Capital

Cited by 6 publications

References 37 publications

Money or in-kind gift? Evidence from red packets in China

Money or in-kind gift? Evidence from red packets in China

Associations between psychosocial work environments and social capital: a multilevel analysis study in a Chinese context

Guānxì and the Centurion: A Preliminary Chinese-Indonesian Intercultural Reading of the Bible (Luke 7:1-10 as a Test Case)

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