African Journal of
Marketing Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Mark. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2421
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 159

Full Length Research Paper

The effect of Guanxi orientation on boundary spanners’ behavior and subsequent influence on inter-firm relationship quality

PAN Xuan
  • PAN Xuan
  • School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, China.
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ZANG Shuwei
  • ZANG Shuwei
  • School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, China.
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  •  Received: 16 May 2017
  •  Accepted: 07 August 2017
  •  Published: 30 September 2017

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