Trust Building and Boundary Spanning in Cross-Border Management

List of contents

Chapter 1

Introduction: Trust-building and Boundary-spanning in Cross-border Management

Michael Zhang

Part I Conceptual Development

Chapter 2

Trust and Distrust – The Microstructural Ties Connecting Cross-border Inter-partner Relationships

Michael Zhang

Chapter 3

Boundary Spanning in ISAs: A Trust Perspective

Michael Zhang and Paul Gooderham

Part II Trust building through boundary spanning

Chapter 4

Trust-building and Boundary-spanning in Global Collaborations

Thomas Tøth and Anne-Marie Søderberg

Chapter 5

Personal Attachment of Boundary Spanners in ISAs: A Two-sided Coin

Franziska Engelhard and Robin Pesch

Chapter 6

Building Trust across International Boundaries: The Founder’s Role in Consulting Firm’s Early Development

Murray Taylor, Jarryd Daymond and James Willard

Chapter 7

Trust in Global Value Chains and the Role of Intermediaries

Alessandro Perri and Nancy Buchan

Part III Boundary Spanning from a trust perspective

Chapter 8

Micro-foundation Thinking in Alliance Learning: Role of Boundary Spanners’ Theory of Mind

Xinlu Qiu and Sven Haugland

Chapter 9

Restoring Trust through Isomorphism at MFIs: Trustworthiness and Boundary Permeability

Robert Swalef and Michael Zhang

Chapter 10

Spanning the Boundary of Organisations: A Systematic Review of the Inter-Organisational Boundary Spanning Literature

Ryan Tang, Xinlu Qiu and Michael Zhang

Chapter 11

Concluding Summary: Linking Micro-structural Approach with Systems Theory

Michael Zhang

About the author

Michael Wei Zhang is a Reader in International Strategy in the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Summary

Trust Building and Boundary Spanning in Cross-Border Management is dedicated to addressing these under-researched themes and contributing to the emerging streams of research in micro foundations and role-based organization theory. It illustrates the latest research on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level

Product details

• Authors: Michael Zhang, Michael (Nottingham Trent University Zhang
• Assisted by: Michael Zhang (Editor), Michael W. Zhang (Editor), Zhang Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367735111
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73511-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Studies in Trust Research
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, International business, Organizational theory & behaviour, Organizational theory and behaviour, Multinationals