Cultural economic geography and a relational and microspace approach to trusts, rationalities, networks, and change in collaborative workplaces

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-171

  Ettlinger, Nancy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Cultural economic geography; Microspace; Networks; Rationality; Relational analysis; Trust

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; NETWORKING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0346275201     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/3.2.145     Document Type: Article

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