Social capital, Chinese style: Individualism, relational collectivism and the cultural embeddedness of the institutions-performance link

China Economic Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-350

  Herrmann Pillath, Carsten ^a  

^a FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; collectivism and individualism; culture and emotions; guanxi; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858970849     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538960903529568     Document Type: Article

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