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The Gift Exchange Within The Relationship Of Colleagues

Posted on:2010-12-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360278972839Subject:Sociology
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Gift exchange is a significant sort of social exchange as human beings act in community, which plays a special role in human life. As an ancient convention in human life, gift exchange evolves itself consistently under the historical and cultural process ,which even permeates into every detail of deeds and behaviors. There is hardly possibility for a man to live regularly without any activity of gift exchange as no man could survive in the vacuum.This thesis aims to precisely illustrate the conditions of gift exchange under due relationship through a study based in some professional hospital in Jining Shandong, and attempt to discover the exclusive feature of gift exchange within the relationship of colleagues. Also this thesis argues about the maintenance and acquisition of the social principal under the relationship of colleagues.Through the research, the findings are deduced that gift exchange, providing in the very occasion, besides publicity and currency in correspondence, also involves the characteristic feature like tribes and zones, and with the advancement of the society, the proprieties of gift exchange are heading the approaches to simplification and utility. Also according to these principles discussed, the researcher confirms the execution of the rule of reciprocity ,and analyzes the formula of gift exchange through the vision of human and social capital. Consequently this thesis depicts a novel eyeshot in terms of transferring peer exchange to public circulation.The research of the gift exchange supplies us an access to comprehending and demonstrating distinct cultural rules and community structures in the given society.
Keywords/Search Tags:gift exchange, social exchange, relationship of colleagues, inherent emotion, social principal
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