Is Guanxi Changing? Referral Hiring and Social Networks in China

Speaker: Elena Obukhova, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization, McGill University

Moderator: Yao Lu, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

What is the role of guanxi in China today? To answer this question, Professor Elena Obukhova examines the relationship between social networks and referral hiring. In the first study, she compares China and the US. In the second study, she explores differences between China’s provinces.

This event is part of the 2023-2024 lecture series on “Labor Market Transformations in China” and is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and cosponsored by Columbia’s China Center for Social Policy.

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• To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
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