Vertrauen und chinesisches Wirtschaftshandeln in Singapur: Zur kulturellen und sozialstrukturellen Bedingtheit von Vertrauensbildung und Kooperation in chinesischen Geschäftsbeziehungen

Author

Thomas MENKHOFF, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-1995

Abstract

Based on in-depth interviews with Chinese merchant exporters in Singapore, the article explores why personal forms of trust (the Chinese translation is xinyong) are key elements in the complex web of business and associated social relationships.

Keywords

Chinese businessmen, trust, Singapore

Discipline

Asian Studies | Business | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Sociologus: A Journal for Empirical Ethno-Sociology and Ethno Psychology

Volume

45

Issue

1

First Page

59

Last Page

84

ISSN

0038-0377

Publisher

Duncker and Humblot

Citation

MENKHOFF, Thomas. Vertrauen und chinesisches Wirtschaftshandeln in Singapur: Zur kulturellen und sozialstrukturellen Bedingtheit von Vertrauensbildung und Kooperation in chinesischen Geschäftsbeziehungen. (1995). Sociologus: A Journal for Empirical Ethno-Sociology and Ethno Psychology. 45, (1), 59-84.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1342

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