Wary managers: Unfavorable environments, perceived vulnerability, and the development of trust in foreign enterprises in China

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1016-1035

  Tsui Auch, Lai Si ^a   Möllering, Guido ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; institutional environment; institutional theory; managing foreign operations; primary data sources; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954450226     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.28     Document Type: Article

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