1st Edition
Guanxi in Contemporary Chinese Business The Persistent Power of Social Networking
Dedication to Malcolm Warner
Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley
Malcolm Warner: a tribute
Gordon Redding
1. Whither the theory and practice of guanxi and social networks: a critical analysis and overview
Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley
2. Ethical cronyism: an insider approach for building guanxi and leveraging business performance in China
T.K.P. Leung and Bradley R. Barnes
3. Elective affinity between guanxi favouritism and market rationality: guanxi circles as governance structure in China’s private firms
Yanjie Bian and Man Shuai
4. The influence of guanxi on organizational justice and fairness: the example of performance appraisals in Chinese banks
Fan Gu, Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley
5. Gendered and sexualized guanxi: the use of erotic capital in the workplace in urban China
Ling Tang
6. Founders social ties, learning and entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition in China
Biaoan Shan and Xifeng Lu
Biography
Jane Nolan is Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour at the Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. She has published on a wide range of areas, including expatriate management, institutional change and corporate governance in China as well as gender, work and employment.
Chris Rowley is Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK, and Professor Emeritus at Cass Business School, City, University of London, UK. He publishes widely on many aspects of work, employment and Asian business and management and provides expert opinion and comments for the international media.
