Abstract Based on domestic and international studies of guanxi and related theories，this paper firstly combs the connotation of the external guanxi of enterprises，and then generalizes the positive or negative consequences of guanxi and antecedents at individual，organization，industry and society level.Then we constructed a framework of external guanxi of enterprises which contains antecedent variables，independent variables，consequence variables and moderators. Finally，the limitations and future research directions are proposed with the combination of existing studies.
2016, Vol. 13 
