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    Uncover how ancient guanxi relationships and face-saving culture create a unique form of workplace disengagement that Western observers completely miss in Chinese business environments.

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    What Chinese Business Culture Won't Tell You About Quiet Quitting

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    知識ソース
    QUIET QUITTING AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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    https://www.hays-china.cn/en/quiet-quitting-and-employee-engagement-what-you-need-to-know
    China Work Culture: How It's Different to the West - Business Insider
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    https://www.businessinsider.com/china-work-culture-differences-west-2024-6
    Saving Face
    Modelling the signifcance of organizational conditions on quiet quitting intention amongGen Z workforce in an emerging economy
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    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42591-3.pdf
    Laziness Does Not Exist
    Effect of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi on employees work behavior: An empirical dynamic framework
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    https://www.elsevier.es/index.php?p=revista&pRevista=pdf-simple&pii=S2444569X23000562&r=376

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