Social alienation in a transitional economy: Antecedents and impact on attitude toward social reform

According to this investigation, factors at the institutional, organizational, and personal levels have direct impacts on social alienation, as well as indirect impacts through job satisfaction. Furthermore, people with high social alienation tend to hold a negative attitude toward reforms taking place in China. The findings suggest that the social system should not be regarded as the major cause of social alienation; rather institutional, organizational, and personal factors contribute to people's feeling of alienation in a society.