The Structure of Chinese Cultural Traditions: An Empirical Study of Business Employees in China

Pan, Yaotian; Rowney, J.I.A.; Peterson, Mark F.

doi:10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00274.x

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“…In spite of the cultural dynamism mentioned above, cultural traditions still have considerable impact within national boundaries. As found by Pan et al (2011), in their study of Chinese cultural traditions using a model of cultural traditions among business employees, traditions still provide a unique model for Chinese culture and provide a deep inner understanding.…”

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Guanxi and social capital: Networking among women managers in China and Finland

Huang

Aaltio

2014

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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Guanxi and social capital: Networking among women managers in China and Finland

Huang

Aaltio

2014

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…However, the process of obtaining harmony is different and varies from individuals to individuals. (Pan et al, 2012). The concept of "Wu Wei, 无为" encourages Chinese to respect life itself, cherishing and being satisfied with what they have in life (Little and Eichman, 2000).…”

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Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China

Zhao

Fujimoto

Gaur

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify key antecedents of work-family enrichment (WFE) for Chinese workers in China. The paper adopts the Chinese cultural perspectives (i.e. philosophy of Confucian: Chinese family orientation and collectivism) as well as traditional Chinese philosophies of life as a whole. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper. Therefore, this section does not apply. Findings The key antecedents of Chinese WFE have been identified and presented in the conceptual framework. Testable propositions have also been developed and presented in this paper. Practical implications The conceptual framework showing the identified key antecedents of Chinese WFE highlights the necessity for the corporate leaders to rethink the ways to promote well-being and productivity of Chinese workforce in China. Meanwhile, managers should rethink about WFE among Chinese employees and regard employees as a whole person rather than just a worker with certain skills or abilities. Originality/value This is the first paper to propose the concept of life enrichment by examining the antecedents of WFE particularly from the Chinese philosophical and cultural perspective.

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“…The majority of Chinese philosophy [4,6,20,26,27] instigates in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, during a period, categorized by noteworthy intellectual and cultural developments [1,3,5,9,15,19,20,26,27,29], famous as the "Hundred Schools of Thought". In this era foremost philosophies of China, Taoism, Confucianism [7,8,10,17,40,41,52], Mohism, and Legalism arose.…”

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“…China, along with ancient Babylon, India, and Egypt, is famous as one of the four prodigious ancient civilizations of the world. With an endless history [26,27] of 5,000 years, China has experienced numerous transformations to yield a rich and vital cultural [1,3,5,9,15,19,20,26,27,29] heritage. The distinguishing culture that ascended in China, was both far-reaching and highly refined.…”

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A Survey on Profound Cultural Diversities and Distinguishability of China

Bhattacharjya¹

2017

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Abstract:Chinese culture is so substantive content-wise, so broad in diversities, and has had so long history, which is so distinguishable from its outsiders. Most significant components of Chinese culture embraces music, literature, martial arts, cuisine, visual arts, philosophy, religion, ceramics and architecture. China's literature is in black and white in one language for more than 3,000 consecutive years, resulting easy to read those literature by the Chinese nation in all parts of the country, in spite of steady modifications in pronunciation, the advent of regional and local dialects, and alteration of the characters. Confucianism, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism are pillars for compositions of social values. Chinese architecture was bring into being from more than 2,000 years ago, is almost as old as Chinese civilization and has long been a significant hallmark of Chinese culture. Chinese classic texts are enriching the world with a wide range of topics comprising constellations, calendar, astrology, astronomy, poetry and many more. Chinese art encompasses all characteristics of performance art, folk art and fine art. Chinese painting considered a highly esteemed art in court circles incorporating a diverse variation of Shan shui with specialized styles such as Ming Dynasty painting. Drama is an additional old and significant literary form. China has a very antique and rich convention in literature and the dramatic and visual arts like workings of Confucius (551-479 BC) and Lao-tzu (probably 4th century BC). With rich Chinese philosophical, religious, and historical writings, China also produced dramatic writings, novels, and poetry from an ancient. Chinese drama generally combines vernacular language with music and song and as a result it has been widespread and very popular among the general people. In the famous Peking Opera of the present era, a wide range of popular and standard themes are staged, which is undoubtedly the best known of several operatic traditions that developed in China. China is one of the foremost birth places of Eastern martial arts. The arts have also co-existed with a range of weapons comprising the more standard 18 arms. Chinese tea culture is an essential component in daily life of people. China's legendary tradition endures to the present-day, although much 20th-century writing has focused on efforts to improvement or revolutionize or reform China. Under Communism, writers have been anticipated to endorse the values of the socialist state. Regardless of the fact that China has steadily become modernized during the last one hundred years, the naturalistic view of life is still engrained deeply into the Chinese mind of the contemporary era.

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The Structure of Chinese Cultural Traditions: An Empirical Study of Business Employees in China

Cited by 69 publications

References 30 publications

Guanxi and social capital: Networking among women managers in China and Finland

Guanxi and social capital: Networking among women managers in China and Finland

Life enrichment for workers in contemporary China

A Survey on Profound Cultural Diversities and Distinguishability of China

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