The intercultural trust paradigm: Studying joint cultural interaction and social exchange in real time over the Internet

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-228

  Takahashi, Chisato ^a   Yamagishi, Toshio ^a   Liu, James H ^b   Wang, Feixue ^c   Lin, Yicheng ^d   Yu, Szihsien ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ethnocentrism; Fairness; In group favoritism; Internet; Japanese; Reciprocity; Social exchange; Taiwanese; Trust game; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449107995     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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