Abstract

Recently, there has been increasing interest on the secretary conception in secretarial teaching. It also can be found that
the literal secretary conception is in conflict with the secretary practice in real work. Such confusion of secretary conception
influence both secretarial science teaching classroom and the academic researches about secretary profession. However, the
confusion of secretary conception have yet to be addressed on. The aim of this study was to investigate the cause of the confusion
of secretary conception. The study showed that the conflict between the western knowledge, which was introduced to China
eagerly in recent years, and the traditional secretary practice, which still exists firmly in China, is the main cause of the confusion
of secretary conception. The economic foundation and form is also another cause for this confusion. These findings can contribute
to a better understanding of China secretary