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Traditions and changes in Chinese business organizations under the policy of economic reform

Creator:: Siu, Walsa
Abstract:: One of the motives of China's Economic Reform is to bring Western management techniques to China to further economic development. The miraculous success of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Shenzhen, Guangdong has attracted many foreign investors who gladly bring their management expertise. This thesis looks at small, medium and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: insightful suggestions. A special thanks to Dr. Court Smith, Mr. Philip Ho, and Jiang Hong-yi for their

Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

Creator:: Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
Abstract:: This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: remembered this rule and took some cigarettes with him when he went to China. As soon as he met his

American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

Creator:: Habiger, Sheldon
Abstract:: This thesis examines the values and criteria American companies use in hiring or placing expatriate employees in China. These values and criteria affect the success or failure of expatriate employees and a company's bottom line - profitability. Investigating this topic required an examination of the history of the political, economic,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: business strategy and began entering China either through Hong Kong or directly, depending on the

The Va : Traditional Culture and Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China

Creator:: Chiang, Hung-i and Jiang, Hongyi
Abstract:: The Va nationality, despite its small population compared to other nationalities in China, has preserved most of its traditions largely due to limits placed by historical circumstances and geographical isolation. To non-Chinese anthropologists, the Va people still remain unknown, as there is little or no information about them in English...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: toward the Va people. cCopyright by Hong Yi Jiang All Rights Reserved The Va: Traditional Culture

The influence on Manchu women of changes in social institutions and the sinification of Manchu Society

Creator:: Fang, Jin-cai
Abstract:: Gender relations as well as the social situation of Manchu women have long been ignored in studies of the cultural evolution of the Manchu. By setting the discussion of Manchu women in the context of cultural adaptation, this study reintroduces gender and women's problems into the research on the Manchu...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the study of The Dream of the Red Chamber even has been made a specific subject, termed" Hong Xue

The changing social position of the elderly in contemporary urban China

Creator:: Lin, Pei, 1966-
Abstract:: This thesis uses an anthropological approach to examine the current social status of the young elderly in contemporary urban China and explores the problems these people are facing. A review of literature sets up complementary theoretical frameworks for the understanding of the interaction between changing social environment and transitional life...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the society, but it was less valued by the younger generation. "...industrial Hong Kong is an

The influence of worldview on second language acquisition : a study of the native English speakers acquiring the Chinese aspect marker -Le

Creator:: Yang, Li-qiong
Abstract:: Culture, thought worldview and language have been discussed for a long time in different fields from various perspectives. However, the basis of this study is the view of language as both the product and producer of people just as people are the producer and product of language. Each language requires...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

Creator:: Olufson, Loreen C.
Abstract:: Ethnocentrism is a term for an attitude which causes individuals to place their culture at the center of the universe as they see it. Other cultures are evaluated in terms of the culture of the individual and are often valued less. Ethnocentrism and the behaviors associated with it have frequently...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Soon after returning to the United States and to academic life, I had the opportunity to function as a

Slippery paths : connections and divergences between historic preservation and tourism in Micronesia

Creator:: Krause, Elizabeth L.
Abstract:: Micronesians are in the process of becoming independent nation-states after nearly a century of colonial rule, including four decades of U.S. administration as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Pressures to attain self-sufficiency have led many of these island nations to embrace tourism as an economic development strategy. Meanwhile,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: several weeks later, and soon I was boarding a plane for Honolulu. The next day's island-hopper flight on

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Traditions and changes in Chinese business organizations under the policy of economic reform

Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

The Va : Traditional Culture and Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China

The influence on Manchu women of changes in social institutions and the sinification of Manchu Society

The changing social position of the elderly in contemporary urban China

The influence of worldview on second language acquisition : a study of the native English speakers acquiring the Chinese aspect marker -Le

An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

Slippery paths : connections and divergences between historic preservation and tourism in Micronesia

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