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Guanxi

By: Karen Christensen & David Levinson
In: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World
Edited by: Karen Christensen & David Levinson
Subject:Community Psychology, Sociology of Communities
Keywords:China; communications technologies; dance; guanxi; job promotion; networking; social networks

Guanxi is a Chinese term, generally translated as “networks” or “connections,” that is increasinly discussed in Western business circles and among academics studying such aspects of community as affective networks and social capital. Although guanxi is often characterized as uniquely Chinese, ...

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  Christensen, K., & Levinson, D. (2003). Guanxi. In K. Christensen, & D. Levinson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of community: From the village to the virtual world (Vol. 1, pp. 573-575). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583.n217
  
  Christensen, Karen, and David Levinson. "Guanxi." In Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, edited by Christensen, Karen, and David Levinson, 573-75. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583.n217.
  
  Christensen, K. and Levinson, D. 2003. Guanxi. In: Karen Christensen and David Levinson Editors, 2003. Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 573-575 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583.n217> [Accessed 13 Jun 2021].
  
  Christensen, Karen and David Levinson. "Guanxi." Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Edited by Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003, pp. 573-75. SAGE Knowledge. 13 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583.n217.
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