Guanxi's consequences: Personal gains at social cost

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-380

  Fan, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business ethics; China; Corruption; Guanxi; Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010982311     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016021706308     Document Type: Review

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