Guanxi, social capital theory and beyond: Toward a globalized social science

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 308-324

  Qi, Xiaoying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gift; Globalization; Guanxi; Reciprocity; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRUST;

CHINA; CULTURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TRUST;

EID: 84867967595     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12019     Document Type: Article

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