Shanshan Guan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3942053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shanshan Guan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shanshan |
| FAMILY NAME | Guan |
| SIGNATURE | GUAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | East China Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5608-1685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Connections to Actions
Nonprofit organizations are essential for public service delivery, yet the value of their government ties is contested. This study examines the mechanism that translates these connections into tangible results. We propose that political networking—the deliberate cultivation and use of official relationships—is the critical catalyst. Based on survey data from Chinese social service nonprofits, our findings are decisive. Government ties alone do no…
Student narratives on family capital and higher education in China
Organizational Capacity, Resource Environment, and Revenue Diversification Among Chinese Nonprofit Organizations
Although the outcomes of nonprofit revenue diversification have been widely studied, its antecedents remain underexplored. This study applies resource dependence theory to examine the factors shaping nonprofits’ revenue diversification strategies, drawing from a nationwide survey of Chinese social service nonprofits. The findings indicate that, on average, Chinese nonprofits tend to have less diversified revenue portfolios, though significant var…
Common carotid artery diameter and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality
Our study indicates the possible incremental value of CCA diameter in optimizing the risk stratification of cardiovascular disease and provides essential insights into reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease
Exploring conceptualisations of vocational education in China
This research examines conceptualisations of Chinese vocational education. The parallel routes of academic and vocational education sort students into either strand with standardised exams. However, the status of academic and vocational work has been established through a culture of Confucianism. In order to examine current conceptualisations of vocational education, website-based commenting was used as an e-research method. Postings on the Chine…
Adult higher education as both an ‘opportunity’ and a ‘trap’
Through examining the perspectives of students within the Chinese Adult Higher Education sector, this paper investigates their motivation for gaining a degree (that many felt was undervalued) and their perceptions of credentialism in China’s post-massification era. Forty semi-structured interviews were undertaken with adult students studying for degrees in early childhood education. The resultant data is interpreted through the lens of credential…
Commercializing nonprofit organizations? Evidence from the Chinese nonprofit sector
The increasing reliance on commercial income in the nonprofit sector (“nonprofit commercialization”) in various countries has become a highly contested topic. In recent years, Chinese nonprofits have also paid growing attention to commercial activities and revenue. However, empirical studies on the commercialization of Chinese nonprofits are limited. This study conducts the first empirical research to examine the scope and antecedents of nonprofi…
I am just a loser of higher education
This paper proposes a unique framework for comparative analysis of different Adult Higher Education (AHE) systems. The framework combines, a conceptualisation of how students’ outcomes are shaped by the way that they and their degree courses are positioned in stratified higher education systems with, insights about the effects of institutional practice and individual students’ agency gained from applying Basil Bernstein’s notion of pedagogic righ…
Chinese adult higher education as a heterotopia
Effects of early learning environment on early childhood development in rural areas in China
Staying Afloat via Guanxi
This study illuminates students’ purposive cultivation of guanxi, or social networks based on continuous exchange of resources, in the context of China’s Adult Higher Education (HE) system. Interviews with 30 students reveal the motivations underpinning their creation of informal ties amongst peers, which they consider to procure beneficial resources for the present and long-term. They deem guanxi with peers to compensate for the isolation they e…
Whole-community intervention for left-behind children in rural China
The influence of cultural capital and mianzi (face) on mature students’ orientation towards higher education in China
In the wider context of national growth and investment in higher education in China, more mature students seek to gain access to university education. Considering the far-reaching socioeconomic and political shifts in contemporary China and its higher education sector in particular, this study explores the experience of mature university students in this country and poses the seemingly simple question as to why these students did not pursue highe…
Biocontrol of Fusarium graminearum Growth and Deoxynivalenol Production in Wheat Kernels with Bacterial Antagonists
Fusarium graminearum is the main causal pathogen affecting small-grain cereals, and it produces deoxynivalenol, a kind of mycotoxin, which displays a wide range of toxic effects in human and animals. Bacterial strains isolated from peanut shells were investigated for their activities against F. graminearum by dual-culture plate and tip-culture assays. Among them, twenty strains exhibited potent inhibition to the growth of F. graminearum, and the …
Whole-community intervention for left-behind children in rural China
Organizational Capacity, Resource Environment, and Revenue Diversification Among Chinese Nonprofit Organizations
Although the outcomes of nonprofit revenue diversification have been widely studied, its antecedents remain underexplored. This study applies resource dependence theory to examine the factors shaping nonprofits’ revenue diversification strategies, drawing from a nationwide survey of Chinese social service nonprofits. The findings indicate that, on average, Chinese nonprofits tend to have less diversified revenue portfolios, though significant var…
Commercializing nonprofit organizations? Evidence from the Chinese nonprofit sector
The increasing reliance on commercial income in the nonprofit sector (“nonprofit commercialization”) in various countries has become a highly contested topic. In recent years, Chinese nonprofits have also paid growing attention to commercial activities and revenue. However, empirical studies on the commercialization of Chinese nonprofits are limited. This study conducts the first empirical research to examine the scope and antecedents of nonprofi…
Staying Afloat via Guanxi
This study illuminates students’ purposive cultivation of guanxi, or social networks based on continuous exchange of resources, in the context of China’s Adult Higher Education (HE) system. Interviews with 30 students reveal the motivations underpinning their creation of informal ties amongst peers, which they consider to procure beneficial resources for the present and long-term. They deem guanxi with peers to compensate for the isolation they e…
The influence of cultural capital and mianzi (face) on mature students’ orientation towards higher education in China
In the wider context of national growth and investment in higher education in China, more mature students seek to gain access to university education. Considering the far-reaching socioeconomic and political shifts in contemporary China and its higher education sector in particular, this study explores the experience of mature university students in this country and poses the seemingly simple question as to why these students did not pursue highe…
Effects of early learning environment on early childhood development in rural areas in China
Biocontrol of Fusarium graminearum Growth and Deoxynivalenol Production in Wheat Kernels with Bacterial Antagonists
Fusarium graminearum is the main causal pathogen affecting small-grain cereals, and it produces deoxynivalenol, a kind of mycotoxin, which displays a wide range of toxic effects in human and animals. Bacterial strains isolated from peanut shells were investigated for their activities against F. graminearum by dual-culture plate and tip-culture assays. Among them, twenty strains exhibited potent inhibition to the growth of F. graminearum, and the …
The influence of cultural capital and mianzi (face) on mature students’ orientation towards higher education in China
In the wider context of national growth and investment in higher education in China, more mature students seek to gain access to university education. Considering the far-reaching socioeconomic and political shifts in contemporary China and its higher education sector in particular, this study explores the experience of mature university students in this country and poses the seemingly simple question as to why these students did not pursue highe…
Whole-community intervention for left-behind children in rural China
Staying Afloat via Guanxi
This study illuminates students’ purposive cultivation of guanxi, or social networks based on continuous exchange of resources, in the context of China’s Adult Higher Education (HE) system. Interviews with 30 students reveal the motivations underpinning their creation of informal ties amongst peers, which they consider to procure beneficial resources for the present and long-term. They deem guanxi with peers to compensate for the isolation they e…
Chinese adult higher education as a heterotopia
Effects of early learning environment on early childhood development in rural areas in China
Adult higher education as both an ‘opportunity’ and a ‘trap’
Through examining the perspectives of students within the Chinese Adult Higher Education sector, this paper investigates their motivation for gaining a degree (that many felt was undervalued) and their perceptions of credentialism in China’s post-massification era. Forty semi-structured interviews were undertaken with adult students studying for degrees in early childhood education. The resultant data is interpreted through the lens of credential…
Commercializing nonprofit organizations? Evidence from the Chinese nonprofit sector
The increasing reliance on commercial income in the nonprofit sector (“nonprofit commercialization”) in various countries has become a highly contested topic. In recent years, Chinese nonprofits have also paid growing attention to commercial activities and revenue. However, empirical studies on the commercialization of Chinese nonprofits are limited. This study conducts the first empirical research to examine the scope and antecedents of nonprofi…
I am just a loser of higher education
This paper proposes a unique framework for comparative analysis of different Adult Higher Education (AHE) systems. The framework combines, a conceptualisation of how students’ outcomes are shaped by the way that they and their degree courses are positioned in stratified higher education systems with, insights about the effects of institutional practice and individual students’ agency gained from applying Basil Bernstein’s notion of pedagogic righ…
Common carotid artery diameter and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality
Our study indicates the possible incremental value of CCA diameter in optimizing the risk stratification of cardiovascular disease and provides essential insights into reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease
Exploring conceptualisations of vocational education in China
This research examines conceptualisations of Chinese vocational education. The parallel routes of academic and vocational education sort students into either strand with standardised exams. However, the status of academic and vocational work has been established through a culture of Confucianism. In order to examine current conceptualisations of vocational education, website-based commenting was used as an e-research method. Postings on the Chine…
Organizational Capacity, Resource Environment, and Revenue Diversification Among Chinese Nonprofit Organizations
Although the outcomes of nonprofit revenue diversification have been widely studied, its antecedents remain underexplored. This study applies resource dependence theory to examine the factors shaping nonprofits’ revenue diversification strategies, drawing from a nationwide survey of Chinese social service nonprofits. The findings indicate that, on average, Chinese nonprofits tend to have less diversified revenue portfolios, though significant var…
From Connections to Actions
Nonprofit organizations are essential for public service delivery, yet the value of their government ties is contested. This study examines the mechanism that translates these connections into tangible results. We propose that political networking—the deliberate cultivation and use of official relationships—is the critical catalyst. Based on survey data from Chinese social service nonprofits, our findings are decisive. Government ties alone do no…
Student narratives on family capital and higher education in China
Political science (9 works) · China (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Social Capital and Networks (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Geography (3 works)