On a source of social capital: Gift exchange

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-329

  Dolfsma, Wilfred ^a   van der Eijk, Rene ^b   Jolink, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Gift exchange; Inclusion; Social capital; Social relations; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350605900     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-0002-z     Document Type: Article

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