Materializing Guanxi: Exploring the ...
Document type :
Communication dans un congrès avec actes
Title :
Materializing Guanxi: Exploring the Communicative Practice of Liao Tian in Chinese Business Settings
Author(s) :
Hardy, Mylene [Auteur]
Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes [LSIS]
Groupe d'Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et COmmunication - ULR 4073 [GERIICO ]
Guowei, Jian [Auteur]
Cleveland State University
Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes [LSIS]
Groupe d'Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et COmmunication - ULR 4073 [GERIICO ]
Guowei, Jian [Auteur]
Cleveland State University
Conference title :
2010 International Communication Association Conference : "Matters of Communication", Singapore, 22-26 June, panel : "The Materialization of Immateriality in the Constitution of Organizations in Asia: Perspectives on Malaysian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian Organizations"
Country :
Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Start date of the conference :
2010-06-23
Book title :
T. Kuhn (ed.). Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural, and Technological Challenges to Communication Theorizing, New-York : Hampton Press, 2011, chapt 9, pp.167-195 (avec légères modifications) -
Journal title :
Paper presented to the : International Association Conference 2010, Singapore, panel : “The Materialization of Immateriality in the Constitution of Organizations in Asia: Perspectives on Malaysian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian Organizations” Scheduled Time: Wed, Jun 23 - 11:30am - 12:45pm SUNTEC International Convention Centre, Chair : Boris H.J.M. Brummans (Univ. de Montréal); Respondent : Linda L.Putnam (Univ. of Santa-Barbara California)
Publisher :
ICA
Publication date :
2011
Keyword(s) :
théorie de la communication organisationnelle
Chine
guanxi
pratiques communicationnelles
communication informelle
communication chinoise
Chine
guanxi
pratiques communicationnelles
communication informelle
communication chinoise
English keyword(s) :
theory of organizational communication
China
communicative practice
informal communication
Chinese communication
China
communicative practice
informal communication
Chinese communication
HAL domain(s) :
Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences/domain_shs.info.orga
Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences/domain_shs.info.theo
Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences/domain_shs.info.autr
Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences/domain_shs.info.theo
Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences/domain_shs.info.autr
French abstract :
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English abstract : [en]
In recent years, more and more scholars have started to investigate guanxi (personal connections) as a socio-cultural construct by examining its types (Zhang & Zhang, 2006), consequences (Chen & Chen, 2009), and development ...
Show more >In recent years, more and more scholars have started to investigate guanxi (personal connections) as a socio-cultural construct by examining its types (Zhang & Zhang, 2006), consequences (Chen & Chen, 2009), and development processes (Chen & Chen, 2004) in Chinese business organizations. The current study aims to advance research on guanxi by proposing a communicative perspective. Particularly, we see the concept of liao tian (informal discussion) as an important communicative practice that materializes guanxi in Chinese business settings. We argue that liao tian is a unique communicative activity during which conversation takes place together with extra-linguistic performances, such as chi fan (having dinner), and through which people construct and maintain guanxi. In turn, we analyze ethnographic data collected from managers of two small enterprises in China to offer initial support for our view of liao tian, and suggest directions for future research on guanxi as a form of business organizing.Show less >
Show more >In recent years, more and more scholars have started to investigate guanxi (personal connections) as a socio-cultural construct by examining its types (Zhang & Zhang, 2006), consequences (Chen & Chen, 2009), and development processes (Chen & Chen, 2004) in Chinese business organizations. The current study aims to advance research on guanxi by proposing a communicative perspective. Particularly, we see the concept of liao tian (informal discussion) as an important communicative practice that materializes guanxi in Chinese business settings. We argue that liao tian is a unique communicative activity during which conversation takes place together with extra-linguistic performances, such as chi fan (having dinner), and through which people construct and maintain guanxi. In turn, we analyze ethnographic data collected from managers of two small enterprises in China to offer initial support for our view of liao tian, and suggest directions for future research on guanxi as a form of business organizing.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Comment :
Article présenté à la conférence, publié avec de légères modifications comme chapitre d'ouvrage.
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