The Modernity of Power in the Chinese Socialist Order

Contesting Spatial Modernity in Late‐Socialist China

“…But spatial restructuring is also 33. For more analysis of this cultural predicament see Rofel (1999), Yang (1988), and Zhang (1997). a process that simultaneously generates displacement, disorientation, and social conflict.…”

Comparing the effects of determinants of turnover intentions between Taiwanese and U.S. hospital employees

“…That is, the attitudes and perceptions of an individual employee about his or her job are likely influenced by his or her guanxi in the organization. In addition, guanxi represents preexisting relationships of superior and subordinate in the same workplace, involving a hierarchically structured network of relationships embedded with mutual obligations through a self-conscious manipulation of face, renqing (favor), and related symbols (Wong & Tam, 2000;Yang, 1988). Thus, studies about Chinese business organizations have found that people who have good guanxi with or who are loyal to the top boss have a better chance of promotion in the organization (Cheng, 1995a(Cheng, , 1995b.…”

Formal and informal modalities for policing cybercrime across the Taiwan Strait

“…As Yang (1988) notes in her anthropological work on Chinese culture, the term guan-xi literally means relationship. However, she argued that in the context of the gift economy, 'it has the sense of social connections, connections which must be carefully initiated, preserved and renewed through the giving and receiving gifts, favours and dinners or banquets' (p. 411).…”