Guanxi: Principles, philosophies, and implications

Human Systems Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Luo, Yadong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Guanxi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002555009     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/hsm-1997-16106     Document Type: Article

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