Antecedents and Consequences of Cronyism in Organizations

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-303

  Khatri, Naresh ^a   Tsang, Eric W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronyism; Ingroup; Ingroup bias; Outgroup; Particularism; Paternalism; Personal loyalty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931643     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023081629529     Document Type: Review

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