Chinese conflict management and resolution / edited by Guo-Ming Chen and Ringo Ma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chen, Guo-Ming.

Ma, Ringo, 1952-

Series:

Advances in communication and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--China.

Conflict management.

China.

Physical Description:

xi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Ablex Pub., 2002.

Contents:

Part I Cultural and Philosophical Foundations of Chinese Conflict Management 1

1 The Impact of Harmony on Chinese Conflict Management / Guo-Ming Chen 3

2 The Concept of Yuan and Chinese Conflict Resolution / Hui-Ching Chang 19

3 Li: A Dynamic Cultural Mechanism of Social Interaction and Conflict Management / Xiaosui Xiao 39

4 A Small Country with Few People: Metaphors from Taoism and the Modification of Mediator Behavior / Richard Holt 51

Part II Chinese Conflict Management in Interpersonal and Group Contexts 71

5 A Thematic Analysis of the 20th Century Classical Chinese Fairy-Tales Collection: An Implication for Conflict Management / Wei Sun, William J. Starosta 73

6 Conflict Management in China's Only-Child Families: Situations and Strategies / Mei Zhong 85

7 Rhetorical Strategies and Media Roles in the Case of Public Figures' Interpersonal Conflict Management / Jing-Ling Lin 101

8 Six Ideas, Interpersonal Conflict, and Philosophical Taoism / Lyall Crawford 117

Part III Chinese Conflict Management in an Organizational Context 127

9 Cultural Values and Conflict Resolution in Enterprises in Diverse Cultural Settings in China / Zhou He, Jonathan J. H. Zhu, Shiyong Peng 129

10 A Comparison of Taiwanese and American Samples on Rhetorical Sensitivity and Conflict Style / Thomas J. Knutson, Val R. Smith, Pi-Chi Han, John C. Hwang 149

11 Collaboration over Avoidance: Conflict Management Strategies in State-Owned Enterprises in China / Shuang Liu, Guo-Ming Chen 163

12 Conflict Resolution Strategies in State-Owned Enterprises in China / Xuejian Yu 183

Part IV Chinese Conflict Management in the Political Context 203

13 Sources of Chinese Conflict Management in International Affairs / D. Ray Heisey 205

14 Political Culture and Political Conflict in China / Randy Kluver 223

15 The Power of Words: Political Slogans as Leverage in Conflict and Conflict Management during China's Cultural Revolution Movement / Shaorong Huang 241

16 Dueling Media: Symbolic Conflict in China's Falun Gong Suppression Campaign / John Powers, Meg Y. M. Lee 259

Part V Chinese Conflict Management and Negotiation 275

17 Negotiation within Chinese Culture: The PRC versus Taiwan / Ringo Ma 277

18 Chinese Mediation and Its Cultural Foundation / Wenshan Jia 289

19 Her Talks in Conflict Management: An Exploratory Study of Chinese Women's Negotiating Behavior / Lin-Mei Huang 297

20 Perceptions of Fairness and Power in Negotiation and Mediation: Chinese versus Americans / Rueyling Chuang, Claudia L. Hale 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1567506437

OCLC:

46976664