Causal attribution for interfirm contract violation: A comparative study of Chinese and American commercial arbitrators

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 856-864

  Friedman, Ray ^a,d   Liu, Wu ^a,d   Chen, Chao C ^b,e   Chi, Shu Cheng Steve ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Arbitration; Attribution; Chinese; Chinese American differences; Culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTRACT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMMERCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONTRACTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248327999     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.856     Document Type: Article

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