The level or rank of an administrative division (行区等级 or 政区级别) in China—a structural
condition of the sub-national territorial administrative system—is a correlate of administrative …

Integrating the concept of “glass ceiling” barriers with “iron rice bowl” job security, this study
develops the framework of “glass bowls” to theorize tradeoffs between workplace …

Introduction Among Western scholars of China, there seems to be widespread agreement
that the Chinese polity is an authoritarian system held together by a strong Party-state. 1 …

The Communist Party of China (CPC) is not withering away as predicted by some Western
scholars. On the contrary, in recent years, the party has centralised and strengthened its rule …

The purpose of this study was to examine how teachers' psychological contract fulfillment
(PCF) and organizational commitment (OC) mediated the effects of principals' …

As a result of multiple waves of administrative reforms in the past three decades, China's
civil service has become more professionalized. Yet public employees appear to have …

At the Third Plenum held in November 2013, the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted
a comprehensive reform programme containing no less than 300 reform proposals. It is …

The concept of governance can be traced back to the Greek word kubernan meaning to
pilot, steer, or direct. Plato used the concept to describe a system of rule (Mette Kjær 2004) …

Abstract Research on the Chinese Communist Party (ccp), the world's largest political party,
has seen a revival in recent years. Today, studies of the ccp are a key part of any attempt to …

For China's cultural sectors, maintaining ideological unity at home and improving national
image abroad are now key objectives of recomposing contemporary national discourse as …