Guanxi and leader member relationships between American managers and Chinese employees: Open-minded dialogue as mediator

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-189

  Chen, Nancy Yi Feng ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Guanxi; Leader member relationships; Open minded dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147116684     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9029-9     Document Type: Article

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