Cronyism: A cross-cultural analysis

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-75

  Khatri, Naresh ^a,e   Tsang, Eric W K ^b   Begley, Thomas M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Ccronyism; Corruption; Cultural syndromes; Guanxi; Individualism; Relational models

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144467864     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400171     Document Type: Article

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