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Indigenous modeling on Chinese interpersonal behaviors by using guanxi. / Chinese interpersonal model by guanxi

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325330
Date January 2005
ContributorsLau, Ka Hing., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 162 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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