A cross-level process theory of trust development in interorganizational relationships

Strategic Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-303

  Schilke, Oliver ^a   Cook, Karen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance dynamics; cross level effects; institutionalization; interorganizational relationships; multilevel theory; strategic alliances; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881249722     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127012472096     Document Type: Article

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