Entering Guanxi: A Business Ethical Dilemma in Mainland China?

This paper represents an effort to distinguish between two types of guanxi prevalent in mainland China: favor-seeking guanxi that is culturally rooted and rent-seeking guanxi that is institutionally defined. Different rules of maneuvering the two types of guanxi are identified in light of Chinese cu...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics
Authors: Su, Chenting (Author) ; Littlefield, James E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2001
In: Journal of business ethics
Further subjects:B business ethical dilemma
B bureaucratic corruption
B rent-seeking guanxi
B Mainland China
B socialist market economic
B favor-seeking guanxi
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Summary:This paper represents an effort to distinguish between two types of guanxi prevalent in mainland China: favor-seeking guanxi that is culturally rooted and rent-seeking guanxi that is institutionally defined. Different rules of maneuvering the two types of guanxi are identified in light of Chinese cultural and business ethics. Strategies for entering guanxi in mainland China are also suggested.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1017570803846