Does familiarity breed trust? Revisiting the antecedents of trust

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 165-190

  Gulati, Ranjay ^a,b   Sytch, Maxim ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41449098729     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1396     Document Type: Article

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