Determinants of commitment and opportunism: Integrating and extending insights from transaction cost analysis and relational exchange theory

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 334-352

  Joshi, Ashwin W ^a,c   Stump, Rodney L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0033269058     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1999.tb00693.x     Document Type: Article

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