The Contextual Antecedents of Organizational Trust: A Multidimensional Cross-level Analysis

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-396

  Li, Peter Ping ^a   Bai, Yuntao ^b   Xi, Youmin ^c,d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contextual antecedent; Cross level analysis; Cultural norm; Leadership role; Organizational trust; Structural rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863453779     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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