Connecting with China Turley, Joan
2010, 2010., 2010-04-26T00:00:00, 2010-12-03, 2010-04-13, 20100101
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If you are prepared to connect with China, it will make all the difference.Joan Turley provides all the signposts and insights to help those working with China understand the value of relationships ...and the importance of people as the key elements in making business and everything else work. This extremely powerful book will unlock your ability to build working relationships with China, for mutual success.'The book provides an invaluable reference for all businesses with any current or future interest of building a successful relationship with China. This is a topic that is as complicated and diffuse as the Chinese language itself and a reference such as this can save both time and money.' —David Paice, Marketing Manager, Cathay Pacific'Joan Turley's deep and delicate observation is really refreshing and practical and her understanding about China goes beyond my expectations. I believe Ms. Turley's new book will not only be welcomed by the British people but the Chinese people as well.' —Dizun Chen, Director of the General Office, Liaoning Provincial Party Committee'Joan Turley has great insight as well as ability to interpret different cultures for each other. Her knowledge is thorough as she has both academic and practical business experience of China. Her book has relevance both to the West and to China.' —Mr Huo, President, North Media'An indispensable handbook for developing successful UK/China business relationships. For an industry which thrives on ideas which turn customer understanding into commercial or social advantage, Joan's insights into Chinese culture and thinking are both instructive and relevant.' —Janet Hull, Consultant Head, Marketing and Reputation Management, IPA'The chapter on Law and Successful Relationships in China is a must for any lawyer wanting to do business in that part of the world.' —Eifion Morris, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, Law Firm of the Year 2009'An authoritative and informative insight into conducting business in China, from an original standpoint that gives practical advice to both those with existing business and those approaching the Chinese market for the first time.' —Philip Moore, Asia-Pacific Manager, Andor Plc'Turley has taken her vast experience in working closely with Chinese companies, government and individuals to deliver robust advice on developing strategic and long term business relationships through communication, relationship development and sound planning and research.' —Barry Allaway, Managing Director, Worldwide Magazine DistributionJoan Turley has enormous understanding working successfully with China. Pivotal to her success is the understanding that connectivity is the key to building relationships, and it is this that will ultimately determine your success in business culture. Connecting with Chinaaims to facilitate a smooth path for all those at the brink of working with China, or who are already involved but need further guidance.Understanding the forces that shape Chinese strategic thinking will only partially assist you in progressing up the very formal hierarchy which the Chinese use to codify relationships and signal degrees of trust and the will to cooperate. Full of insights, tools, techniques and tips this book provides invaluable lessons on how to build relationships, and how to channel Western skills into Chinese ways of working.
PurposeResearch has shown that colleagues' norms promoting the need to respond quickly to work-related messages (CN) have a negative effect on work recovery experiences. In the present study, the ...authors examine the direct and indirect – through affective rumination and problem-solving pondering – effects of these norms on work–family conflict, family–work conflict and job satisfaction, and verify whether and how these associations differ between employees working onsite (n = 158) or remotely (n = 284).Design/methodology/approachA total of 442 employees completed an online survey that covered measures on CN, affective rumination, problem-solving pondering, work–family conflict, family–work conflict and job satisfaction.FindingsAs hypothesized, the study results revealed that CN were positively related to work–family conflict and family–work conflict, but not to job satisfaction. Moreover, the indirect effects of CN on work–family conflict and job satisfaction were significantly mediated by affective rumination and problem-solving pondering, whereas the indirect effects of these norms on family–work conflict were significantly mediated by affective rumination. Finally, the relations between CN and the mediators (affective rumination and problem-solving pondering) were stronger among employees working onsite than among employees working remotely.Originality/valueThese results revealed that working remotely buffered the detrimental effects of CN on affective rumination and problem-solving pondering.
Although most researchers agree that studying abroad is beneficial, it is uncertain whether studying abroad is related to positive outcomes for very short-term (e.g., 5-week) programs and for ...multicultural individuals (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants). Using a mixed methods design, we examined changes in multicultural and monocultural students’ self-efficacy and cultural intelligence, and their adjustment during a short-term study abroad program. Using longitudinal data from 79 participants, we found that general self-efficacy and cultural intelligence were higher after studying abroad than before studying abroad for monocultural individuals, but not for multicultural individuals. Interestingly, multicultural individuals had higher cultural intelligence than monocultural individuals at both time points. Overall, general self-efficacy and cultural intelligence before studying abroad were related to intercultural adjustment after studying abroad for all participants. In addition, interviews with 15 participants revealed that multicultural and monocultural individuals had different trajectories of intercultural competence while abroad. Implications for study-abroad program duration and content, and research on cultural intelligence are discussed.
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative evidence of natural disasters’ (NDs) effect on corporate performance and studies the mechanisms through which the supply chain moderates ...and mediates the link.
Design/methodology/approach
Using two major NDs as quasi-experiment, namely the 2011 Japanese earthquake-tsunami (JET) and Thai flood (TF), and data over the period 2010Q1-2013Q4, effect of these events on end assemblers’ performance is studied, with a focus on the personal computer (PC) supply chain. The moderating influence of delivery and sourcing – as supply chain flexibility and agility – are examined through end assemblers’ and suppliers’ inventory. The suppliers’ mediating role is captured as disruption in obtaining PC components through their sales.
Findings
Only JET had any negative effect, further quantified as short-term and long-term. The TF instead portrays an insignificant but positive aftermath, which is construed as showing learning from experience and adaptability following JET. Inventory matters, but differently for the two events, and suppliers only exhibit a moderating influence on the assemblers’ disaster-performance link.
Originality/value
NDs, as catastrophic vulnerabilities, are distinct from other vulnerabilities in that they are hard to predict and have significant impact. Since little is known about the impact of NDs on firm performance and how supply chain mechanisms moderate or mediate their impact, they should be distinctly modelled and empirically studied from other vulnerabilities. This paper sheds light on supply chain resilience to such events with the role of dynamic capabilities.
Adopting a multilevel theoretical framework, the authors examined how motivational cultural intelligence influences individual cultural sales-the number of housing transactions occurring between ...people of different cultural origins. Data from 305 real estate agents employed at 26 real estate firms in the United States demonstrated that an individual's motivational cultural intelligence is positively related to his or her cultural sales. This positive relationship is enhanced by the firm's motivational cultural intelligence and diversity climate. The authors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of their findings in a workplace context that involves cross-cultural interpersonal interactions.
Using data gathered during ethnographic fieldwork in two primary school canteens, this article investigates how pupils from different social origins perform and embody social class through food ...knowledge and demeanour. I employ Bourdieu’s concept of habitus to highlight three main oppositions concerning children’s relationship with food, which are rooted in the social and material environment of their families. Their gastronomic horizons (wide versus narrow), their awareness of the links between nutrients and health (specific versus general) and their embodiment of table manners (etiquette versus ludic) unveil how children’s dispositions are simultaneously structured by familial endowments and actively at work in the construction of social divisions.
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