Trust development in German-Ukrainian business relationships: Dealing with cultural differences in an uncertain institutional context

Organizational Trust: A Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 205-226

  Möllering, Guido ^a   Stache, Florian ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 84861012648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763106.009     Document Type: Chapter

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