Guanxi dynamics: Shifts in the closeness of ties between Chinese coworkers

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-80

  Chen, Xiao Ping ^a   Peng, Siqing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Change in relationship closeness; Coworker relationship; Guanxi; Relationship closeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849092244     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2007.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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