Identifying personality traits to enhance trust between organisations: An experimental approach

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-487

  Fahr, René ^a   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 53249090607     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1415     Document Type: Article

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