Trust and decision-making styles in Chinese township-village enterprises

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-556

  Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Decision making; Employees; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141592307     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940310494377     Document Type: Article

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