The adoption of bottom-up governance in china's homeowner associations

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-583

  Wang, Feng ^a   Yin, Haitao ^b   Zhou, Zhiren ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bottom up governance; China; Homeowner associations; Leadership; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027920979     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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