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Vertrauen und chinesisches Wirtschaftshandeln in Singapur: Zur kulturellen und sozialstrukturellen Bedingtheit von Vertrauensbildung und Kooperation in chinesischen Geschäftsbeziehungen
Sociologus: A Journal for Empirical Ethno-Sociology and Ethno Psychology
  • Thomas MENKHOFF, Singapore Management University
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
Publisher
Duncker and Humblot
Copyright Owner and License
Publisher
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Citation Information
Thomas MENKHOFF. "Vertrauen und chinesisches Wirtschaftshandeln in Singapur: Zur kulturellen und sozialstrukturellen Bedingtheit von Vertrauensbildung und Kooperation in chinesischen Geschäftsbeziehungen" Sociologus: A Journal for Empirical Ethno-Sociology and Ethno Psychology Vol. 45 Iss. 1 (1995) p. 59 - 84 ISSN: 0038-0377
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_menkhoff/12/