Science Research Management ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (11): 117-125.

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Development and test of the Guanxi quality scale based on the indigenous research perspective

Li Xueling, Shen Jia   

  1. School of Management, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, Jilin, China
  • Received:2016-07-25 Revised:2017-02-15 Online:2017-11-20 Published:2017-11-20

Abstract: China is a guanxi-oriented nation, incorporates the notion of ganqing and renqing. Sustained economic transformation has led to the dual network structure. Compared with the existing indigenous research, guanxi quality is a key variable to evaluate qualitative effect. Based on unique cultural and institutional backgrounds, this article posits and examines a measurement scale of business quanxi quality and government guanxi quality on organization level. We attempt to provide a definition and a typology of research on guanxi quality to improve the study of Chinese indigenous theory.

Key words:  indigenous research, Guanxi quality, government guanxi, business guanxi