The impact of culture on the relationship between governance and opportunism in outsourcing relationships

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1412-1434

  Handley, Sean M ^a   Angst, Corey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

contractual governance; culture; opportunism; outsourcing; relational governance

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; CONTRACTUAL GOVERNANCE; INDIVIDUALISM COLLECTIVISMS; NATIONAL CULTURES; OPPORTUNISM; OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS; RELATIONAL GOVERNANCES; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84947038055     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2300     Document Type: Article

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