Insufficient Bureaucracy: Trust and Commitment in Particularistic Organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-162

  Pearce, Jone L ^a   Branyiczki, Imre ^b   Bigley, Gregory A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Comparative Institutions Theory; Government; Human Resources Management; Organizational Commitment; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034372040     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.2.148.12508     Document Type: Article

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