Developing trust: The importance of cognitive flexibility and co-operative contexts

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 561-567

  Roy, Matthew H ^a   Dugal, Sanjiv S ^b  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Flexibility; Interpersonal communications; Outcomes; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992975030     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810239441     Document Type: Article

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