The impact of trust on strategic resource acquisition through interorganizational networks: Towards a conceptual model

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1523-1543

  De Wever, Sigrid ^a   Martens, Rudy ^b,c   Vandenbempt, Koen ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Department of Management ^*  (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interorganizational network; Social capital; Strategic resource acquisition; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644473817     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705061316     Document Type: Article

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