Active development of social networks and relationships to Chinese small and micro business owners' success [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Xiangyang Zhao

Active Development of Social Networks and Relationships to Chinese Small and Micro Business Owners’ Success Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophie des Fachbereiches 06 der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen vorgelegt von Xiangyang Zhao aus Giessen 2005 ii Dekan: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hennig I. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Michael Frese II. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Peter Schmidt Tag der Disputation: 27 Juni, 2005 iii To: my father (Zhao Deyou) my mother (Zhou Huixia) and my wife (Wang Ji) Acknowledgement From a child growing up in a poor Chinese peasant family to getting a Ph.D. degree in Germany, I have come a long way. Along the way I have been criticized and even beaten by teachers, but in the end I had the good fortune of finding a great Doktorvator, who communicated his passion and experience for doing research to me, so my gratefulness first goes to Michael Frese. I want to express my gratitude to my wife, Wang ji. Without her love and encouragement, a romantic marriage and life in Paris, this 3-year doctoral study would not have held the excitement and joy, which it did. I discussed most of my academic ideas with her again and again in our ‘Daily Talk’ through MSN because I believe that women are born psychologists, but men (in my case at least) are trained psychologists.