A relational view of organizational restructuring: The case of transitional China

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-75

  Ma, Dali ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority relations; Careers; China; guanxi; Restructuring; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858825895     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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