Ties that grind? Corroborating a typology of social contracting problems

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-252

  Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^a,d   Kaptein, Muel ^b,c   Van Oosterhout, J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ETHICON INC   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Contractual failure; Contractual schemes; Interview study; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043111314     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000017960.17747.56     Document Type: Article

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