Guanxi Revisited: An Exploratory Study of Familiar Ties in a Chinese Workplace

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-351

  Luo, Jar Der ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Familiar tie; Friendship; Guanxi; Instrumental exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959910345     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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