Trust and/or power: Towards a sociological theory of organizational relationships

Handbook of Trust Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 393-408

  Bachmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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