Tian Guang
Biographic Data
| ID | 238119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tian Guang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tian |
| FAMILY NAME | Guang |
| SIGNATURE | GUANG T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Huaihua University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5696-6109 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From the Role to the Function: Exploring the Meanings of the Tea Culture of Chinese Ethnic Minorities
Chinese tea culture has increasingly become a favored hot study subject at home and abroad. Through an in-depth systematic exploration of the literature on the tea culture of China’s ethnic minorities, this paper offers insight into its role and functions in the life and customs of contemporary China’s ethnic minorities. A content-based analysis methodology is adopted to demonstrate the panoramic past and present tea culture. The study finds that…
My Father-like Professor Shi Zhengyi: The Pioneer of Chinese Ethnological Economics (Personal Story)
Professor Shi Zhengyi (1932-2015) was the same age as my father. In Chinese tradition, a teacher for a day is a father for life. Hence, I respectfully call Professor Shi my Father-like Professor. Born in Tongcheng County, Anhui Province, in 1932. Professor Shi graduated from the Master’s Program in History of Economics of the Department of Economics of Renmin University of China in 1957. As a renowned Chinese ethnographer and economist, he has be…
The Development of Business Anthropology in China
As an important branch of applied anthropology, business anthropology has developed well in China in the recent past. This has attracted the attention of not only the academic society but also of industrial and commercial circles. This article illustrates the emergence and the development of business anthropology in China, and affirms the work of Chinese pioneers in this branch of cultural anthropology. It elaborates on what contemporary manageme…
Beyond Rational and Utilitarian Action: Moral and Emotional Giving Within Chinese Folk Religion
Cultural Factors, Emotional Intelligence and Work Group Performance: A Case Study of Students from an Introductory Management Class
Despite being a country of various blue stockings, Indian daughters particularly from the countryside and lower socio-economic hierarchy have remained the victims of unfairness in learning opportunities from ancient to modern time.The present research work tries to examine the regional progress and inequality in education and determinants of lower educational prospects of girls in India on the basis of secondary data.Here, the disparity index and…
Advertising, Symbols, and Culture: A Perspective of Business Anthropology
Despite being a country of various blue stockings, Indian daughters particularly from the countryside and lower socio-economic hierarchy have remained the victims of unfairness in learning opportunities from ancient to modern time.The present research work tries to examine the regional progress and inequality in education and determinants of lower educational prospects of girls in India on the basis of secondary data.Here, the disparity index and…
Development of Business Anthropology in China
Chinese scholars and practitioners are embracing business anthropology (a branch of applied anthropology) in a distinctive manner that explores cultural diversity and the impacts of economic development. The knowledgeable, spirited, and passionate advocacy for the development and value of business anthropology in China is clearly displayed and set out clearly and persuasively; the major theoretic contributions made by the Chinese scholars is pres…
Environment and Development Issues in China
Business Anthropology in China
Making Economic Policy for the Development of Minority Regions: Localization and Contribution of Economic Anthropology in China
After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese government had organized a series of large-scale economic and social surveys in the minority regions to promote comprehensive social and economic development of ethnic minority regions which also built a solid foundation for the development of economic anthropology in China. It is in the late 1970s that the scholars formally started to localize the economic anthropology, marke…
Anthropological Methods are Meaningful in Business Research: A Case Study of Foodservice at a Chinese University
Qualitative research methods, which have long been considered normative by the anthropological and sociological community, have recently made a presence in business research. The present research is to buttress that growing body of evidence. The subject is the foodservice operation of a Chinese university. The qualitative research method is used, to analyze the data collected through participants’ observation and in-depth interviews. The present …
New Economic Anthropology Paradigm: Interphase Operational Development Theory with Chinese Characteristics
The theories and methods of economic anthropology have made great contributions in the development studies in China, especially to the development studies for the minority areas during the course of China’s economic development. When one seriously studies Professor Yang’s theory of interphase operations one can easily identify that the interphase operational development model is unique in terms of designing the best development policies in the We…
Why is Business Anthropology Important
Traditionally, business fields have shied away from the qualitative, personal methods used in anthropology. This has since changed as business schools and companies are increasingly seeking the insights of anthropologists to understand markets and consumer behavior. In this paper, the authors illustrate the various ways in which anthropologists make contributions to business fields, as well as the benefits and limitations of incorporating anthrop…
Economic Anthropology with Chinese Characteristics: Yang Tingshuo Xiangji (Interphase) Operational Theoretical Model
The Chinese economic anthropological theorist Professor Yang Tingshuo based on his understanding of China as well as his intensive ethnographic work, has put forward the "interphase (Xiangji) economic principle theoretical model" in the process of localization of economic anthropology in China. It is one of the significant new contributions to the development of economic anthropology theory by Chinese scholars. This paper holds the opinion that Y…
The Effectiveness of Social Marketing Mix Strategy: Towards an Anthropological Approach
Social marketing is a cross-field new area of social science that studies how to improve the overall life quality of human beings through adopting marketing strategies and skills without aiming at making profits. Although the basic concepts are identical, the principles of social marketing differ from commercial marketing in various perspectives. It is very important that social marketers become aware of these differences and implementing social …
Anthropological Research among Mainland Chinese Refugees in Metro Toronto
Struggling for Legal Status: Mainland Chinese Mobilization in Canada
Between the end of 1993 and the spring of 1994, about 5000 Mainland Chinese rejected refugee (MCR) claimants mobilized themselves in Canada to lobby the Canadian government to make a special policy for them so that they could be considered for landed immigration status. The mobilization, launched by the Mainland Chinese Refugee Organization (MCRO), won wide sympathy and support from the Chinese community and mainstream society in Canada. The MCRs…
Economic Anthropology with Chinese Characteristics: Yang Tingshuo Xiangji (Interphase) Operational Theoretical Model
The Chinese economic anthropological theorist Professor Yang Tingshuo based on his understanding of China as well as his intensive ethnographic work, has put forward the "interphase (Xiangji) economic principle theoretical model" in the process of localization of economic anthropology in China. It is one of the significant new contributions to the development of economic anthropology theory by Chinese scholars. This paper holds the opinion that Y…
Anthropological Methods are Meaningful in Business Research: A Case Study of Foodservice at a Chinese University
Qualitative research methods, which have long been considered normative by the anthropological and sociological community, have recently made a presence in business research. The present research is to buttress that growing body of evidence. The subject is the foodservice operation of a Chinese university. The qualitative research method is used, to analyze the data collected through participants’ observation and in-depth interviews. The present …
New Economic Anthropology Paradigm: Interphase Operational Development Theory with Chinese Characteristics
The theories and methods of economic anthropology have made great contributions in the development studies in China, especially to the development studies for the minority areas during the course of China’s economic development. When one seriously studies Professor Yang’s theory of interphase operations one can easily identify that the interphase operational development model is unique in terms of designing the best development policies in the We…
Struggling for Legal Status: Mainland Chinese Mobilization in Canada
Between the end of 1993 and the spring of 1994, about 5000 Mainland Chinese rejected refugee (MCR) claimants mobilized themselves in Canada to lobby the Canadian government to make a special policy for them so that they could be considered for landed immigration status. The mobilization, launched by the Mainland Chinese Refugee Organization (MCRO), won wide sympathy and support from the Chinese community and mainstream society in Canada. The MCRs…
Struggling for Legal Status: Mainland Chinese Mobilization in Canada
Between the end of 1993 and the spring of 1994, about 5000 Mainland Chinese rejected refugee (MCR) claimants mobilized themselves in Canada to lobby the Canadian government to make a special policy for them so that they could be considered for landed immigration status. The mobilization, launched by the Mainland Chinese Refugee Organization (MCRO), won wide sympathy and support from the Chinese community and mainstream society in Canada. The MCRs…
Anthropological Research among Mainland Chinese Refugees in Metro Toronto
The Effectiveness of Social Marketing Mix Strategy: Towards an Anthropological Approach
Social marketing is a cross-field new area of social science that studies how to improve the overall life quality of human beings through adopting marketing strategies and skills without aiming at making profits. Although the basic concepts are identical, the principles of social marketing differ from commercial marketing in various perspectives. It is very important that social marketers become aware of these differences and implementing social …
Why is Business Anthropology Important
Traditionally, business fields have shied away from the qualitative, personal methods used in anthropology. This has since changed as business schools and companies are increasingly seeking the insights of anthropologists to understand markets and consumer behavior. In this paper, the authors illustrate the various ways in which anthropologists make contributions to business fields, as well as the benefits and limitations of incorporating anthrop…
Economic Anthropology with Chinese Characteristics: Yang Tingshuo Xiangji (Interphase) Operational Theoretical Model
The Chinese economic anthropological theorist Professor Yang Tingshuo based on his understanding of China as well as his intensive ethnographic work, has put forward the "interphase (Xiangji) economic principle theoretical model" in the process of localization of economic anthropology in China. It is one of the significant new contributions to the development of economic anthropology theory by Chinese scholars. This paper holds the opinion that Y…
Anthropological Methods are Meaningful in Business Research: A Case Study of Foodservice at a Chinese University
Qualitative research methods, which have long been considered normative by the anthropological and sociological community, have recently made a presence in business research. The present research is to buttress that growing body of evidence. The subject is the foodservice operation of a Chinese university. The qualitative research method is used, to analyze the data collected through participants’ observation and in-depth interviews. The present …
New Economic Anthropology Paradigm: Interphase Operational Development Theory with Chinese Characteristics
The theories and methods of economic anthropology have made great contributions in the development studies in China, especially to the development studies for the minority areas during the course of China’s economic development. When one seriously studies Professor Yang’s theory of interphase operations one can easily identify that the interphase operational development model is unique in terms of designing the best development policies in the We…
Business Anthropology in China
Making Economic Policy for the Development of Minority Regions: Localization and Contribution of Economic Anthropology in China
After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese government had organized a series of large-scale economic and social surveys in the minority regions to promote comprehensive social and economic development of ethnic minority regions which also built a solid foundation for the development of economic anthropology in China. It is in the late 1970s that the scholars formally started to localize the economic anthropology, marke…
Cultural Factors, Emotional Intelligence and Work Group Performance: A Case Study of Students from an Introductory Management Class
Despite being a country of various blue stockings, Indian daughters particularly from the countryside and lower socio-economic hierarchy have remained the victims of unfairness in learning opportunities from ancient to modern time.The present research work tries to examine the regional progress and inequality in education and determinants of lower educational prospects of girls in India on the basis of secondary data.Here, the disparity index and…
Advertising, Symbols, and Culture: A Perspective of Business Anthropology
Despite being a country of various blue stockings, Indian daughters particularly from the countryside and lower socio-economic hierarchy have remained the victims of unfairness in learning opportunities from ancient to modern time.The present research work tries to examine the regional progress and inequality in education and determinants of lower educational prospects of girls in India on the basis of secondary data.Here, the disparity index and…
Development of Business Anthropology in China
Chinese scholars and practitioners are embracing business anthropology (a branch of applied anthropology) in a distinctive manner that explores cultural diversity and the impacts of economic development. The knowledgeable, spirited, and passionate advocacy for the development and value of business anthropology in China is clearly displayed and set out clearly and persuasively; the major theoretic contributions made by the Chinese scholars is pres…
Environment and Development Issues in China
Beyond Rational and Utilitarian Action: Moral and Emotional Giving Within Chinese Folk Religion
The Development of Business Anthropology in China
As an important branch of applied anthropology, business anthropology has developed well in China in the recent past. This has attracted the attention of not only the academic society but also of industrial and commercial circles. This article illustrates the emergence and the development of business anthropology in China, and affirms the work of Chinese pioneers in this branch of cultural anthropology. It elaborates on what contemporary manageme…
My Father-like Professor Shi Zhengyi: The Pioneer of Chinese Ethnological Economics (Personal Story)
Professor Shi Zhengyi (1932-2015) was the same age as my father. In Chinese tradition, a teacher for a day is a father for life. Hence, I respectfully call Professor Shi my Father-like Professor. Born in Tongcheng County, Anhui Province, in 1932. Professor Shi graduated from the Master’s Program in History of Economics of the Department of Economics of Renmin University of China in 1957. As a renowned Chinese ethnographer and economist, he has be…
From the Role to the Function: Exploring the Meanings of the Tea Culture of Chinese Ethnic Minorities
Chinese tea culture has increasingly become a favored hot study subject at home and abroad. Through an in-depth systematic exploration of the literature on the tea culture of China’s ethnic minorities, this paper offers insight into its role and functions in the life and customs of contemporary China’s ethnic minorities. A content-based analysis methodology is adopted to demonstrate the panoramic past and present tea culture. The study finds that…
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