The Influence of Guanxi on Individual Career Development:A Review and Outlook

Chinese society is viewed as a society of Guanxi and Renqing,so individual career development is usually influenced by different kinds of guanxi.Guanxi in the organization includes with and with supervisors.Good guanxi with colleagues can facilitate individual’s performance and self-efficiency;guanxi with supervisors is able to positively impact on individual’s promotion,salary and organizational commitment and identification.Guanxi out of the organization(e.g.friend guanxi,government guanxi and business guanxi),that can positively promote individual career development,is also an important social resource for everyone.