Neither collectivism nor individualism: Trust in the Chinese guanxi circle

Journal of Trust Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-70

  Luo, Jar Der ^a   Yeh, Yung Chu ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

circles; coupling; familiar ties; guanxi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863360177     PISSN: 21515581     EISSN: 2151559X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21515581.2012.660355     Document Type: Article

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