| 声明 | 第1页 |
| 学位论文使用授权声明 | 第3-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Preface | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction of Basic Concepts | 第13-22页 |
| ·Culture and cultural variability | 第13-15页 |
| ·Communication and interpersonal communication | 第15页 |
| ·The close relationship between culture and communication | 第15-17页 |
| ·Approaches to the study of culture: etic and emic | 第17-18页 |
| ·Social network | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter 2 From Cultural Variability to Different Social Network Patterns: An Etic Approach | 第22-38页 |
| ·Hofstede’s theory: | 第24-32页 |
| ·Individualism versus Collectivism | 第24-26页 |
| ·Power distance | 第26-28页 |
| ·Masculinity and Femininity | 第28-30页 |
| ·Uncertainty avoidance | 第30-32页 |
| ·Edward Hall’s High Context and Low Context Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·Confucian Work Dynamism | 第34-35页 |
| ·Theory on Universal Dimensions of Personal Relationships | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Investigation into Social Networks in the Chinese Context: An Emic Approach | 第38-49页 |
| ·Definition of Guanxi | 第38-40页 |
| ·The reason for Guanxi’s prevalence in Chinese society | 第40-45页 |
| ·Confucianism | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Differential Order Social Structure | 第42-44页 |
| ·The economic and legal reason | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Guanxi | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter 4 Guanxi’s Influence upon Present Chinese People: The Guanxi | 第49-58页 |
| ·Background and hypotheses | 第49页 |
| ·Methodology | 第49-50页 |
| ·Results | 第50-56页 |
| ·The popularity of guanxi in China | 第50-51页 |
| ·People’s view and attitude towards guanxi | 第51-53页 |
| ·The influence of guanxi upon people’s decision-making and social reaction | 第53-54页 |
| ·The relation between guanxi and renqing | 第54-55页 |
| ·The arts of guanxi | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discussion | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion and Implication for Further Study | 第58-65页 |
| ·The similarity between guanxi and Western social networks | 第58-60页 |
| ·The differences between guanxi and western social networks | 第60-63页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75-76页 |
