An embeddedness framing of governance and opportunism: Towards a cross-nationally accommodating theory of agency

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Lubatkin, Michael ^a   Lane, Peter J ^b   Collin, Sven ^c   Very, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 33846542389     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.402     Document Type: Article

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