Business relationships in China: Lessons about deep trust

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-318

  Kriz, Anton ^a   Keating, Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Emotion; Guanxi; Help; Trust; Xinren

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK;

CHINA;

EID: 77954837046     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380903065580     Document Type: Article

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