The Successful Chinese Family Businesses: An Archaeological and Anthropological Journey into Well-being

Joey Kong Man Ng

Published by De Gruyter 2022

The Successful Chinese Family Businesses

An Archaeological and Anthropological Journey into Well-being

Joey Kong Man Ng

Volume 2 in the series Management, Spirituality and Religion

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110684643

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About this book

‘Well-being’ is a contemporary term used by people around the globe to address how comfortable their lives are. The notion is considered significant to business management. Nevertheless, is well-being significant to Chinese family business? In response to this inquiry, this book demystifies the notion from a critical lens. It examines well-being in a Chinese family business context of Hong Kong.

This book consists of an archaeological and anthropological examination. The first part of the analysis draws from Foucault’s (1979) Archaeology of Knowledge to examine the discursive (trans)formation of well-being. The second part is an ethnography that focuses on a Chinese perspective regarding the everydayness of life.

In light of the recent social movements, this book not only offers an insight into the core values of Hong Kongers, but also dissects various layers of meaning in these values. Hopefully, this book can lift up the voices of Hong Kongers, who was once marginalised in the discourse of well-being.

Demystifying ‘well-being’ in a Chinese context
Diagnosing problem(s) in well-being discourse through Foucault’s (1972) archaeology of knowledge
Exploring the lived experience of people working in Chinese family businesses of Hong Kong

Author information

Joey Ng is currently an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). Working in the academic field for over 15 years, she attained her PhD in Business and Management at the University of Nottingham in 2019. Through her ethnographic lens, she is interested in the lived experiences of people working in Chinese business. Her research positions within critical management studies (CMS). As a researcher, she perseveres with an obligation to critique existing management assumptions and give a voice to the marginalised. In 2018, she won The Best Doctoral Student Paper award in the annual meeting of Academy of Management (AoM) (CMS Division). That is how and why she finally chooses CMS as the ‘home’ for her research.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Chapter 1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Chinese Family Business Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter 3 An Archaeological Examination of Well-being Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 4 An Anthropological Journey in Chinese Family Business Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter 5 A Cross-Cultural Analysis between the East and the West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics and researchers in Organisational Psychology, IHRM, Chinese Family Business and Critical Management Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 252
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 16
- Tables: 17
Keywords: Well-being; Spirituality; Chinese Family Business; Archaeology; Ethnography

eBook

Published: October 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110684643

Hardcover

Published: October 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110684575