The cross model of guanxi usage in Chinese leadership

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-271

  Wood, Elliot ^a   Whiteley, Alma ^a   Zhang, Shiquan ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institute   (China)

Author keywords

China; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059263     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710210423865     Document Type: Article

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