Trust as an organizing principle

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-103

  McEvily, Bill ^a   Perrone, Vincenzo ^b   Zaheer, Akbar ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobilizing; Organizing Principle; Structuring; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037289531     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.1.91.12814     Document Type: Article

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