Face and Favours: Network Norms among Chinese Migrants and Non-Migrants in Australia.
The few theoretical studies comparing guanxi (interpersonal relationships) and social capital suggest that both network types are based on norms of trust and reciprocity, but guanxi is also underpinned by strong and recognisable normative dynamics of renqing (reciprocity) and face. However, there ha...
| Published in: | Asian Studies Review Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 539 - 560 |
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Sep2025
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