How guanxi affects job search outcomes in China? Job match and job turnover

Weng, Yulei; Hao, Xu

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2018.05.006

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“…Indeed, while Western business firms tend to assume the business transactions come first and personal relationships second, Wee (2014) suggests Chinese business firms tend to build relationships first and then move to business transactions. This premise is supported by studies showing guanxi influence in talent management (Gibb & Zhang, 2017), performance appraisal (Bai, 2005;Gu & Nolan, 2017), and job seeking (Weng & Xu, 2018).…”

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Justice and Guanxi in Hiring: Fairness Reactions of US and Chinese Students

Lilly

Virick

Simmons

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Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

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This study investigated cross-cultural perceptions of justice between U.S. and Chinese students. The experimental design included four allocation rules along with conditions of hired/not hired and most qualified/least qualified. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and organizational justice are used for hypothesis development, with procedural and distributive justice as dependent variables. Results show U.S. students perceiving equity as fairer than Chinese students and Chinese students perceiving guanxi as fairer than U.S. students under certain conditions. Surprisingly, U.S. students rated equality and need allocation as more fair than Chinese students in some conditions, contrary to what was hypothesized.

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Section: Hypothesis 3bmentioning

confidence: 81%

Justice and Guanxi in Hiring: Fairness Reactions of US and Chinese Students

Lilly

Virick

Simmons

et al. 2022

Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

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“…If graduates want to work in state-owned companies, they rely more on job referral through guanxi (Cheung & Gui, 2006). Use of guanxi can also extend to the helper influencing the potential employer’s hiring decision, not just acting as a bridge to pass on job information to the new graduate (Weng & Xu, 2018). However, several international graduates in this research study had parents who were ‘not powerful’, that is not from a middle-class family or they had parents working in an unrelated industry.…”

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Challenges in obtaining employment in China: Lived experiences of Australian Chinese graduates

Singh

2020

Australian Journal of Career Development

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Previous scholarly work has elaborated on challenges faced by Chinese international returnees at Chinese workplaces. However, limited research has captured to what extent such challenges have involved Chinese Australian graduates in gaining employment in China. Hence this study investigates the challenges involved in obtaining successful employment in China. Drawing on a qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 Chinese graduates who studied at one Australian university and returned to China upon graduation. The study results highlight significant barriers to employment. Challenges include limited prior working experience, graduation in Australia that is not synchronised with employment months in China and lack of guanxi. This study provides important insights into barriers of employment in China for Chinese returnees from Australia and, potentially, for graduate returnees from other countries to China. It also discusses implications for Australian universities and for Chinese international students in Australia.

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“…Rather than being made obsolete due to social credit systems serving stronger societal functions, guanxi networks are likely to remain because “this is the way things are done” (Tong & Yong, , p. 90). Wang and Xu () suggest that guanxi networks remain important in the job search process, especially for unqualified job seekers. According to them, unqualified job seekers tend to utilize guanxi networks more frequently than qualified job seekers.…”

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A Sociological Review of China's Social Credit Systems and Guanxi Opportunities for Social Mobility

Raghunath

2020

Sociology Compass

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This paper proposes a novel understanding of social mobility in China by exploring the literature on social credit systems. I propose that social credit systems, which include credit rating systems and factors of social governance, can affect occupational attainment, as they may influence or function in tandem with guanxi networks. Through social credit systems, there could possibly be a new order of stratification powered by norms of social conformity. These systems can curtail social mobility efforts by designating some individuals as high risk. In addition, these systems can regulate social behaviors, as actions that are considered "right" are rewarded, while "wrong" actions result in penalties.

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How guanxi affects job search outcomes in China? Job match and job turnover

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

Justice and Guanxi in Hiring: Fairness Reactions of US and Chinese Students

Justice and Guanxi in Hiring: Fairness Reactions of US and Chinese Students

Challenges in obtaining employment in China: Lived experiences of Australian Chinese graduates

A Sociological Review of China's Social Credit Systems and Guanxi Opportunities for Social Mobility

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