A Rejoinder to: “Questioning the Appropriateness of Examining Guanxi in a Wasta Environment: Why Context Should be Front and Center in Informal Network Research – A Commentary on ‘De-Linking from Western Epistemologies: Using Guanxi-Type Relationships to Attract and Retain Hotel Guests in the Middle East’”

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dc.contributor.authorShaalan, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorEid, Riyad
dc.contributor.authorTourky, Marwa
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T12:01:11Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T12:01:11Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-03
dc.description.abstractThis rejoinder responds to a commentary on our paper “De-Linking from Western Epistemologies: Using Guanxi-Type Relationships to Attract and Retain Hotel Guests in the Middle East”. We highlight the distinction we drew between guanxi itself and guanxi-type relationships to dispute the assertion that we imposed a Chinese concept onto a Middle Eastern context. Emphasising our own detailed knowledge of wasta, we explain why wasta was not a suitable umbrella term for the personal networks that operate in all 17 countries where our complex cross-cultural research took place, noting, however, that a discussion of this point would have enriched our study. We also refute a number of other specific criticisms of our methods and approach.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationShaalan A, Eid R, Tourky M. (2023) A rejoinder to: “Questioning the appropriateness of examining guanxi in a wasta environment: why context should be front and center in informal network research – a commentary on ‘de-linking from western epistemologies: using guanxi-type relationships to attract and retain hotel guests in the Middle East’”. Management and Organization Review, Volume 19, Issue 5, October 2023, pp. 1046-1048en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1740-8776
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2023.27
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20404
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
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dc.titleA Rejoinder to: “Questioning the Appropriateness of Examining Guanxi in a Wasta Environment: Why Context Should be Front and Center in Informal Network Research – A Commentary on ‘De-Linking from Western Epistemologies: Using Guanxi-Type Relationships to Attract and Retain Hotel Guests in the Middle East’”en_UK
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