The Influence of Relational Demography and Guanxi: The Chinese Case

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-488

  Farh, Jiing Lih ^a   Tsui, Anne S ^a   Xin, Katherine ^b   Cheng, Bor Shiuan ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Guanxi; Relational Demography; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032359448     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.4.471     Document Type: Article

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