The role of trust in franchise organizations

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-282

  Dickey, Michael H ^a   McKnight, D Harrison ^b   George, Joey F ^c  

^a Dickey Analytics LLC   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Franchising; Intergroup relations; Trust; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449128413     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/19348830710880938     Document Type: Article

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