The impact of relational demographics on perceived managerial trustworthiness: Similarity or norms?

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-209

  Lau, Dora C ^a   Lam, Long W ^b   Salamon, Sabrina Deutsch ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational behaviors; Relational demography; Trustworthiness; Vertical dyads

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649151750     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.2.187-209     Document Type: Article

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