Culture and accountability in negotiation: Recognizing the importance of in-group relations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-234

  Liu, Wu ^a   Friedman, Ray ^b   Hong, Ying Yi ^c,d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accountability; Chinese; Culture; Fixed pie perception; In group; Negotiation; Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855699231     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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