The Successful Chinese Family Businesses : : An Archaeological and Anthropological Journey into Well-being / / Joey Kong Man Ng.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Ng, Joey Kong Man,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Management, Spirituality and Religion , 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 252 p.)

‘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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Chinese Family Business -- Chapter 3 An Archaeological Examination of Well-being -- Chapter 4 An Anthropological Journey in Chinese Family Business -- Chapter 5 A Cross-Cultural Analysis between the East and the West -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- References -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Index