Toward a geocentric framework of trust: An application to organizational trust

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-439

  Li, Peter Ping ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality lens; Geocentric framework; Leadership; Organizational trust; Transaction value; Trust building

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649083102     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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