Titel: | Chinese Post80s Generational Resilience: Chengyu (成语) as Communicative Resources for Adaptation and Change; |
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Beteiligte: | , , |
In: | International Journal of Business Communication, 58, 2021, 3, S. 410-429 |
veröffentlicht: |
SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 410-429 |
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ISSN: |
2329-4884
2329-4892 |
DOI: | 10.1177/2329488417747598 |
veröffentlicht in: | International Journal of Business Communication |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Schlagwörter: | |
Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> The combined forces of China’s reforms, resurgent traditional values, and problematic labor market have led the Chinese Post80s generation to reconstruct their careers. Drawing on 33 in-depth interviews, this study examines how Post80s professionals communicatively constitute resilience as they utilize and transform meanings of chengyu (成语, Chinese four-word idiom encapsulating shared values). Guided by chengyu, Post80s construct resilience processes from temporal (past-present-future), relational (self-other-collective), and introspective perspectives (passion-practice). As discursive cultural resources of resilience, chengyu legitimize choices, frame actions, inspire ways of managing change and expectations, and offer comfort in difficult times. This study expands resilience research to a non-Western context and highlights how cultural and generational discourses can mobilize agency in the constitution of resilience. Findings offer practical implications in promoting and cultivating resilience. </jats:p> |