Face, Harmony, and Social Structure

P. Christopher Earley is the Corporate Partners Research Professor of Management at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine and Professor of Organization Behavior at the London Business School. He is the author of five books and numerous articles and book chapters, and his most recent publications include Culture, Self-Identity, and Work (Oxford University Press 1993) and The Transplanted Executive: Managing in Different Cultures (Oxford University Press 1997).

• 1: Introduction and Overview2: General Framework and Model3: Face and Social Context4: Mianzi as a Form of Face5: Lian as a Form of Face6: The Social Actor7: Harmony and Face8: Societal Context9: Organizational Context and Content10: Resulting Patterns and Consequences11: Conclusions and Research AgendaReferencesIndex

'I would recommend this book as an important addition to your preparations for India. His framework will work for you regardless of location, because it links you to differences in values and to different behavioyral cultural phenomena.' Financial Times 5/5/1999 by John W Hunt