Chinese Conflict Management and Resolution: (Advances in Communication and Culture)

The trend of globalization has led to a high level of interdependence among people from different cultures. With its large population and impressive economic accomplishments over the last two decades, China has become a major player on the world stage. This collection of essays takes critical steps toward understanding the way the Chinese manage and resolve conflict. 20 chapters form the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject, one that explores both its theoretical and practical aspects. This work holds certain appeal for communication scholars, Asian Studies scholars, and business people alike.

Table of Contents:
Preface Cultural and Philosophical Foundations of Chinese Conflict Management The Impact of Harmony on Chinese Conflict Management by Guo-Ming Chen The Concept of Yuan and Chinese Conflict Resolution by Hui-Ching Chang Li: A Dynamic Cultural Mechanism of Social Interaction and Conflict Management by Xiaosui Xiao A Small Country with Few People: Metaphors from Taoism and the Modification of Mediator Behavior by Richard Holt Chinese Conflict Management in Interpersonal and Group Contexts A Thematic Analysis of Twentieth Century Classical Chinese Fairy-Tales Collection: An Implication for Conflict Management by Wei Sun and William J. Starosta Conflict Management in China's Only-Child Families: Situations and Strategies by Mei Zhong Rhetorical Strategies and Media Role in the Case of Public Figures' Interpersonal Conflict Management by Jing-Ling Lin Six Ideas, Interpersonal Conflict, and Philosophical Taoism by Lyall Crawford Chinese Conflict Management in Organizational Context Cultural Values and Conflict Resolution in Enterprises in Diverse Cultural Settings in China by Zhou He, Jianhua Zhu, and Shiyong Peng A Comparison of Taiwanese and U.S. American Samples on Rhetorical Sensitivity and Conflict Style by Thomas J. Knutson, Val R. Smith, Pi-Chi Han, and John C. Hwang Collaboration over Avoidance: Conflict Management Strategies in State-Owned Enterprise in China by Shuang Lui and Guo-Ming Chen Conflict Management and Resolutions Strategies Used in Today's State-Owned Enterprises in China by Xuejian Yu Chinese Conflict Management in Political Context Sources of Chinese Conflict Management in International Politics by D. Ray Heisey Political Culture and Political Conflict in China by Randy Kluver The Power of Words: Political Slogans as a Leverage of Conflict Management during China's Cultural Revolution Movement by Shaorong Huang Dueling Media: Symbolic Conflict in China's Falun Gong Suppression Campaign by John Powers and Meg Y.M. Lee Chinese Conflict Management and Negotiation Negotiation within Chinese Culture: The PRC versus Taiwan by Ringo Ma Chinese Meditation and Its Cultural Foundation by Wenshan Jia Her Talks in Conflict Management: An Exploratory Study of Chinese Women's Negotiating Behavior by Lin-Mei Huang Perceptions of Fairness and Power in Negotiation and Meditation: Chinese versus Americans by Rueyling Chuang and Claudia L. Hale Index

About the Author :
GUO-MING CHEN is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He is the founding president of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies and is the author of Foundations of Intercultural Communication and Communication and Global Society. RINGO MA is a Professor of Communications at State University of New York College at Fredonia. He has contributed many articles to professional journals, and was the recipient of the 1997 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association.