The third eye: Exploring guanxi and relational morality in the workplace

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-384

  Tan, Doreen ^a   Snell, Robin Stanley ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confucian; Guanxi; Moral thinking; Relational morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141783743     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021217027814     Document Type: Review

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