Trust and psychological empowerment in the Russian work context

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-208

  Barton, Harry ^a   Barton, Lisa C ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LA ROCHELLE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive and affect based trust; Collectivism; Power distance; Psychological empowerment; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956020085     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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