Towards an Interdisciplinary Conceptualization of Trust: A Typological Approach

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-445

  Li, Peter Ping ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity in unity; duality; trust as attitude; trust as choice; typology of trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849430615     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2007.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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