Since 1978, the decentralization reforms, in general, and the reforms in planning and fiscal
systems, in particular, have brought about dramatic changes in the context of central …

As scholarly interest in the concept of identity continues to grow, social identities are proving
to be crucially important for understanding contemporary life. Despite—or perhaps because …

In this research, we investigated the relationship between loyalty to supervisor and
employee's in‐role and extra‐role performance in comparison with that of organizational …

This study investigates the main effect of demographic variables on organizational
commitment (OC) and the moderating effect of gender and education on the relationship …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! In its quarter-century-long shift from communism
to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with …

Recent sociolinguistic studies have given increased attention to the situated practice of
members of locally based communities. Linguistic variation examined tends to fall on a …

After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are
surrounded by a level of material comfort and commercial hype unimaginable just ten years …

Globalization has thrown up challenges and opportunities which all countries have to
grapple with. In his book, Yongnian Zheng explores how China's leaders have embraced …

I would like to thank the numerous people in Beijing who generously helped to locate
informants for this study. My thanks are also due to Jiang Shu for his help in gathering …

Like opening Pandora's box, Chinese reforms have unleashed institutional and social forces
which have led to a variety of production regimes co-existing under the permissive banner of …