Job formalization and cultural individualism as barriers to trust in management

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-242

  Huang, Xu ^a   Van De Vliert, Evert ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Individualism; Job formalization; Open communication; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649172970     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595806066331     Document Type: Article

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