Asian favors: More than a cookie cutter approach

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-486

  Thams, Yannick ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Von Glinow, Mary Ann ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Favors; India; Japan; Reciprocity; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877627893     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9314-8     Document Type: Article

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