The primary purpose of this study was to find the content and form of movies which conform to the taste of the majority of Thai audiences and, at the same time, are universal enough to attract international audiences. Because film is an extension of other art forms, this required extensive research into the roots of Thai performing arts.

Lau Ka Hing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-79). / Abstract in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.2 / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.4 / LIST OF TABLES --- p.7 / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.8 / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.9 / ABSTRACT --- p.10 / Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- Research Objectives --- p.12 / Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- Guanxi Conceptualization --- p.14 / Components and Definition --- p.14 / Guanxi´ةs Influence at Operational Level --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- Guanxi Model on Chinese Interpersonal Behaviors --- p.17 / Conceptualizing Obligations --- p.17 / Obligations as Assumed Affection and Hierarchical --- p.18 / Superiority/Inferiority / Assumed affection --- p.18 / Hierarchical Superiority/Inferiority --- p.19 / Quantifying Obligations into Obligation Demanding Level --- p.20 / Formulating Hypotheses about Obligations --- p.21 / Two Paths in Chinese Interpersonal Behaviors --- p.22 / Guanxi-oriented path --- p.22 / Person-oriented path --- p.23 / The Role of Instrumentality: A Necessary Foundation for Real Affection --- p.24 / Concluding Remarks --- p.25 / Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- Overview of the Present Study --- p.26 / Objectives Review --- p.26 / Scales --- p.26 / Tasks --- p.26 / Resources: Money and Time --- p.27 / Help Directions: Resource Allocation Vs. Request --- p.28 / Mutual Perspectives --- p.28 / Summary --- p.30 / Chapter CHPATER 5: --- Methods --- p.32 / Design of Questionnaire --- p.32 / "First Part of Questionnaire: Tri-psychological Constructs, Hierarchical" --- p.32 / "Superiority/Inferiority, & Obligation Demanding Level Assumed and real affections" --- p.32 / Instrumentality --- p.33 / Hierarchical superiority/inferiority --- p.33 / The obligations demanding level --- p.34 / Scale types --- p.34 / Second Part of Questionnaire: Scenarios --- p.35 / Scenarios --- p.35 / Situational Appropriateness --- p.36 / Stimuli Selection --- p.37 / Pilot Study --- p.37 / Procedure --- p.38 / Data Validation --- p.39 / Participants --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER 6: --- Results --- p.41 / Scale Validation --- p.41 / "The Tri-psychological Constructs: Assumed affection, real affection, instrumentality" --- p.41 / Items for Situational Appropriateness --- p.42 / The Obligation Demanding Level --- p.42 / Preliminary Analysis and Correlation --- p.43 / Path Analysis --- p.44 / Hypothesized Model --- p.44 / Model Estimation --- p.45 / Model's interpretation --- p.46 / Verifying Hypotheses --- p.46 / Double negative in the influence of hierarchical superiority/inferiority --- p.48 / Obligations could predict request scenarios' responses only in family guanxi --- p.50 / Significant relationships between assumed and real affections --- p.51 / The modified model --- p.53 / Summary --- p.54 / Chapter CHAPTER 7: --- Discussion --- p.56 / Person-oriented Path --- p.56 / Echoing major findings in western studies --- p.56 / Foundation of real affection in person-oriented path: Instrumentality --- p.57 / Guanxi-oriented Path --- p.58 / Indigenous element in Chinese interpersonal mechanism --- p.58 / Obligation demanding level: Only in resource allocation but not request --- p.58 / Perceiving different help intention when receiving or providing help --- p.58 / Afraid of making reciprocation to the help received --- p.59 / Avoid losing face by not making request --- p.59 / Does hierarchical superiority/inferiority still affect Chinese interpersonal behaviors? --- p.61 / The Dynamic Mechanism between Real and Assumed Affections --- p.63 / Equilibrium Status between Real and Assumed Affections --- p.63 / Interaction Results Caused Distortion to Equilibrium --- p.64 / The Solution to the Distortion: Using a New Guanxi --- p.64 / Evidence and Summary --- p.65 / Concluding Remarks --- p.66 / Chapter CHAPTER 8: --- Limitations and Future Directions --- p.68 / Limitations --- p.68 / Future Directions of Further Studies --- p.70 / REFERENCES --- p.72 / FOOTNOTES --- p.79 / TABLES --- p.80 / FIGURES --- p.104 / APPENDICES --- p.113

Yip Wing-yan, Rosanna. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-62). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.2 / ABSTRACT --- p.3 / Chapter CHAPTER I: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.8 / The Conceptualization of Social Desirability Responding --- p.9 / Controversy on the Effect of Social Desirability Responding --- p.11 / Methods to Control Social Desirability Responding --- p.12 / "Prevention, Reduction and Statistical Control of Social Desirability Responding" --- p.13 / Measurement of Social Desirability Responding --- p.16 / The Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory --- p.20 / The Good Impression Scale of the CPAI --- p.21 / The Present Study --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER II: --- STUDY 1 --- p.24 / Method --- p.24 / Respondents --- p.24 / Instruments --- p.24 / Analysis --- p.25 / Results --- p.26 / Discussion --- p.31 / Chapter CHAPTER III: --- STUDY 2 --- p.33 / Method --- p.34 / Respondents --- p.34 / Instruments --- p.35 / Procedure --- p.35 / Analysis --- p.36 / Results --- p.38 / Discussion --- p.48 / Chapter CHAPTER IV: --- STUDY 3 --- p.51 / Method --- p.51 / Respondents --- p.51 / Instruments and Procedure --- p.51 / Analysis --- p.52 / Results --- p.52 / Discussion --- p.53 / Chapter CHAPTER V: --- GENERAL DISCUSSION --- p.54 / Limitations --- p.55 / Further Research --- p.56 / Conclusion --- p.56 / REFERENCES --- p.58 / APPENDIX A: ITEM LABEL AND CONTENT OF THE GIM --- p.63 / APPENDIX B: ITEM LABEL AND CONTENT OF THE GIM-2 --- p.64 / APPENDIX C: ITEM LABEL AND CONTENT OF THE BIDR --- p.65

by Mak Yuen-Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-189). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.x / CHAPTER / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background --- p.1 / Impact of Cultural Values on Buying- Selling Process --- p.3 / Chinese Bargaining Behavior --- p.8 / Chapter II. --- REVIEW OF LITERATURE --- p.18 / Definitions of Bargaining --- p.18 / Buyer-Seller-Situation Dyadic Interaction Process --- p.31 / Consumption Buying Vs Organizational Buying --- p.36 / The Chinese Cultural Values --- p.40 / Yang's Chinese Social Orientation Concept --- p.45 / Refined Labor-intensive Farming --- p.49 / Commonly Owned Family Property --- p.50 / Patrilineal Descent with the Father- Son Chain --- p.51 / Rigid Hierarchical Social Structures --- p.52 / Familistic Orientation --- p.52 / Relationship Orientation --- p.55 / Authoritarian Orientation --- p.72 / Other Orientation --- p.73 / Independent and Dependent Variables --- p.76 / Independent Variables --- p.76 / Friendship --- p.76 / Seller Job Status --- p.77 / Buying Situation --- p.78 / Dependent Variables --- p.79 / Seller Credibility --- p.79 / Bargaining Style --- p.80 / Outcomes of Bargaining --- p.82 / Research Hypotheses --- p.84 / Chapter III. --- METHODS --- p.89 / Experimental Design --- p.89 / Development of the Research Design --- p.95 / Pretests --- p.96 / Experiment --- p.99 / Subjects --- p.99 / Procedure --- p.101 / Manipulations of Independent Variables --- p.103 / Buying Situation --- p.103 / Friendship --- p.103 / Seller Job Status --- p.104 / Measures of Dependent Variables --- p.107 / Seller Credibility --- p.109 / Bargaining Style --- p.109 / Integrative Bargaining Style --- p.109 / Positive Attitude --- p.110 / Outcomes of Bargaining --- p.110 / Perceived Efficiency --- p.110 / Perceived Satisfaction --- p.110 / Demographic Information --- p.111 / Analysis --- p.112 / Analysis of Interdependence --- p.113 / Analysis of Variance Test --- p.114 / Chapter IV. --- RESULTS --- p.117 / Differences of Experimental Groups --- p.118 / Manipulation Checks --- p.119 / Factor Analysis --- p.122 / Results of Experimentation --- p.127 / Findings --- p.129 / Friendship --- p.129 / Seller Job Status --- p.130 / Buying Situation --- p.130 / Buying Situation - Friendship Interaction --- p.131 / Buying Situation - Seller Job Status Interaction --- p.132 / Seller Job Status - Friendship Interaction --- p.132 / Chapter V. --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION --- p.134 / Summary of Hypotheses Testing --- p.136 / Discussion --- p.141 / Seller Credibility --- p.141 / Bargaining Style --- p.142 / Integrative Bargaining Style --- p.142 / Positive Attitude --- p.144 / Outcomes of Bargaining --- p.146 / Perceived Efficiency --- p.146 / Perceived Satisfaction --- p.147 / Significance of the Study for Theory and Practice --- p.148 / Theory --- p.148 / Practice --- p.151 / Limitations --- p.156 / Experimental Design --- p.156 / Hong Kong Chinese Sample --- p.156 / Suggestions for Future Research --- p.158 / Experimental Design --- p.158 / Hong Kong Chinese Sample --- p.158 / Unexpected Findings --- p.159 / Conclusion --- p.160 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.161 / APPENDICES --- p.190 / APPENDIX I. Questionnaire --- p.190 / APPENDIX II. One Way ANOVA and Chi-Square Tables --- p.206 / Exhibit 1 Sex --- p.207 / Exhibit 2 Education Level --- p.208 / Exhibit 3 Age --- p.209 / Exhibit 4 Number of Years of Working Experience --- p.210 / Exhibit 5 Ranking in the Company --- p.211 / Exhibit 6 Number of Years of Residence in Hong Kong --- p.212 / Exhibit 7 Level of Expertise on Computer --- p.213 / Exhibit 8 Amount of Time Involved in Business Bargaining --- p.214 / APPENDIX III. ANOVA Tables --- p.215 / Exhibit 1 Cell Means and Analysis of Variance of Seller Credibility --- p.216 / Exhibit 2 Cell Means and Analysis of Variance of Integrative Bargaining Style --- p.217 / Exhibit 3 Cell Means and Analysis of Variance of Positive Attitude --- p.218 / Exhibit 4 Cell Means and Analysis of Variance of Perceived Efficiency --- p.219 / Exhibit 5 Cell Means and Analysis of Variance of Perceived Satisfaction --- p.220 / Exhibit 6 Marginal Means for the Interaction of Buying Situation and Friendship on Seller Credibility --- p.221 / Exhibit 7 Mean Seller Credibility: Buying Situation by Friendship --- p.222 / Exhibit 8 Mean Seller Credibility: Friendship by Buying Situation --- p.223 / Exhibit 9 Analysis of Variance of Seller Credibility --- p.224 / Exhibit 10 Marginal Means for the Interaction of Job Status and Friendship on Integrative Bargaining Style --- p.225 / Exhibit 11 Mean Integrative Bargaining Style: Job Status by Friendship --- p.226 / Exhibit 12 Mean Integrative Bargaining Style: Friendship by Job Status --- p.227 / Exhibit 13 Analysis of Integrative Bargaining Style --- p.228

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This thesis is concerned with cross-cultural consulting. The research examines how a multinational consulting team worked with a multinational client. The consultants were from Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, USA and Australia and the client was a multinational oil company located on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The study employs the narrative theory of Ricoeur together with the research findings on culture of Hofstede, Trompenaars, Hall, Kluckhorn and Strodtbeck. The study relies on a comparison of national cultural characteristics as they were enacted duringthe conduct of a consulting project. The research emphasises the roles of the consultants, the consulting process and the consulting outcomes.

This study explored the interface between the forces of globalization and a given place, at a given time, the Gold Coast during the 1980s. The global economic boom of the 1980s was one in which the role of Japan was particularly important. In less than half a decade capital flows from Japan surged to make it the world's largest investor. Locations in the Pacific Basin were favoured destinations for Japanese investment, one of the most significant was the Gold Coast. Japanese capital and tourism helped transform its urban area from a national resort to an international tourist destination and resort centre, The surge of capital arriving to the Gold Coast was a function of economic conditions in Japan, as was its steep reduction after November 1989, Thus the Gold Coast became integrated into global capital flows and so dependent on decisions made in Tokyo, one of the main financial centres of the world. However this study has also sought to explore a more complex reality; namely, that this place also became the interface of complex cultural forces and perceptions. The wealth of the Japanese investors on the Gold Coast enabled them to realize their dream of developing projects in the most fashionable global styles. These styles were essentially Western, and it was onto these that their Japanese owners ascribed their own meanings; meanings that reflected the cultural baggage that they had brought from Japan, and through which were filtered the economic and environmental realities of the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast as locality also included residents. Hence it became an interface between two different groups of people, the Japanese and the strongly Anglo-Celtic local community. Some in the local community perceived the Japanese presence as a threat to their perception of the Gold Coast, in fact, a threat to their perception of Australia's national identity. A campaign based on the politics of memory of the Japanese developed on the Gold Coast. Within weeks it became a national debate in which isolationalist, if not xenophobic traditionalists, concentrated on the Gold Coast challenged the economic rationalism and multicultural tolerance of the self-interested and ideologically convinced advocates of globalization. Governments at all levels sought to arbitrate, to legitimize standpoints, but more often than not were seen to move into positions of ineffectual flexibility. The forces of globalization on the Gold Coast were catalysts for change that in turn provoked local opposition which rapidly became a debate about national identity and direction. It is in the exploration of the complex and contradictory economic, cultural and political forces engendered by globalization that this study has sought to make a distinctive contribution.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Government and Public Administration

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-356). Also issued online.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Stockholm, 1988. / Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-316).