Interpretations of corruption in intercultural bargaining

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-213

  Zutshi, Ambika ^a   Creed, Andrew ^a   Rudolph, Heiko E R ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Business; Corruption; Ethics; Flirting; Intercultural; International; Negotiation; Relationship; Trading; Tradition; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953170381     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBGE.2010.033346     Document Type: Article

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