| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter I Introduction to This Thesis | 第11-30页 |
| ·Background of the Project | 第11-13页 |
| ·Definition of Core Concepts | 第13-27页 |
| ·Definition of Interpersonal Communication | 第13-17页 |
| ·Models of Interpersonal Communication | 第15-17页 |
| ·Definition of Key Chinese IPC concepts | 第17-27页 |
| ·Mianzi/Face | 第18-20页 |
| ·Renqing/Favor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Guanxi/relationship | 第22-25页 |
| ·Bao | 第25-27页 |
| ·Significance of Interpersonal Communication | 第27-28页 |
| ·Rationale for This Work | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter II Indigenous Interpersonal Communication Research: An Em Perspective | 第30-63页 |
| ·Definition of Interpersonal Relations and its Contents | 第30-35页 |
| ·Definition and Nature of Interpersonal Relations | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Constitution and Characteristics of Interpersonal Relations | 第32-33页 |
| ·Categorization of Interpersonal Relations | 第33-35页 |
| ·Definition of Interpersonal Interaction and its contents | 第35-40页 |
| ·Definition of Interpersonal Interaction | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Substance, Characteristics of Interpersonal Interaction | 第36-38页 |
| ·Categorization of Interpersonal Interaction | 第38-40页 |
| ·General Indigenous Studies on Interpersonal Communication | 第40-57页 |
| ·Comparative Studies on Western and Chinese Interpersona Communication | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Theoretical Models of Interpersonal Communication | 第44-57页 |
| ·Research on Chinese Conflict Management | 第57-63页 |
| ·Philosophical and Cultural Foundations for Chinese Management | 第57-63页 |
| ·Harmony & Conflict Management | 第58-61页 |
| ·Yuan & Conflict Management | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Contrasting Etic and Emic Journal Articles in Academ Databases | 第63-70页 |
| ·Methodology | 第64-65页 |
| ·Content Analysis of Journal Articles in SAGE and CNKI | 第65-70页 |
| Chapter IV Conclusions | 第70-74页 |
| ·Discussion and Suggestions | 第70-72页 |
| ·Limitations | 第72-74页 |
| References | 第74-84页 |
